Epher
Sign in to saveEpher ( ʿĒp̄er) was a descendant of Abraham mentioned in the book of Genesis as the second son of Midian and, therefore, a grandson of Abraham through his wife Keturah.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Epher, and connects out to Hebrew, Abraham and Book of Genesis.
It sits within the topics Book of Genesis people and Midian.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Epher ( ʿĒp̄er) was a descendant of Abraham mentioned in the book of Genesis as the second son of Midian and, therefore, a grandson of Abraham through his wife Keturah.
According to the Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus, the descendants of Epher migrated westward and eventually conquered present-day Northwest Africa. Josephus claimed that the name 'Africa' itself was derived etymologically from the name Epher.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.