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Jetur

Son of Ishmael and one of the twelve Ishmaelite princes, ancestor of the Iturean people who later warred with Israel.

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Who is this?

One of the twelve sons of listed in Genesis 25 and 1 Chronicles 1, representing one of the twelve princes who became tribal heads descended from through . The Itureans, likely descended from Jetur, are referenced in later biblical history when the eastern tribes of Israel went to war against them (1 Chronicles 5:19).

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