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Person Old Testament

Jetur

Jetur, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 25:15.

Why it matters. Son of Ishmael

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Jetur

Jetur is mentioned in the genealogies of Ishmael in Gen.25.15 and 1Ch.1.31. He is listed as one of the twelve sons of Ishmael, Abraham's son by Hagar. The Ishmaelites, including Jetur and his brothers, are described as living in the region from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt (Gen.25.18).

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Ishmael

Appears in Scripture

Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • Genesis (1 verse)

    25:15

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    1:31

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