Shuah

Shuah

Shuah (Hebrew: "ditch; swimming; humiliation" [ [http://bibletools.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/Hitchcock/ID/2321/Shuah.htm "Hitchcock's Bible Dictionary":] Shuah] ), also known as Sous,Josephus, Flavius, "Antiquities", 1.15.1] was the sixth son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah.; ]

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