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Genesis 25:3

And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

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וְיָקְשָׁ֣ןveyaqeshanand Jokshanיׇקְשָׁןconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jokshan”H3370Jokshan, an Arabian patriarchJokshan.יָלַ֔דyaladbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁבָ֖אshevaShebaשְׁבָאnoun, proper name — “Sheba”H7614Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian districtSheba, Sabeans.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).דְּדָ֑ןdedanDedanדְּדָןnoun, proper name — “Dedan”H1719Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territoryDedan.וּבְנֵ֣יuveneand sonבֵּןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […דְדָ֔ןdedanDedanדְּדָןnoun, proper name — “Dedan”H1719Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territoryDedan.הָי֛וּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אַשּׁוּרִ֥םashurimAsshurimאֲשׁוּרִיnoun, proper name — “Asshurim”H805an Ashurite (collectively) or inhabitant of Ashur, a district in PalestineAsshurim, Ashurites.וּלְטוּשִׁ֖יםuletushimand Letushimלְטוּשִׁםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Letushim”H3912Letushim, an Arabian tribeLetushim.וּלְאֻמִּֽיםuleumimand Leummimלְאֻמִּיםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Leummim”H3817Leum mim, an ArabianLeummim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim;

World English Bible

Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

Darby Translation

And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, and the Letushim, and the Leummim.

Douay-Rheims

Jecsan also begot Saba and Dadan. The children of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim, and Loomin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jezan begot Saba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians and the Latusians, and Laomim.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰεζὰν δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Σαβὰ, καὶ τὸν Δεδάν· υἱοὶ δὲ Δεδὰν Ἀσσουριεὶμ, καὶ Λατουσιεὶμ, καὶ Λαωμείμ.