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| '''The Kenites''' were a people whose name has been interpreted as "smiths" by some and by others as smething relating to "nests". These interpretations are not sure, however. | '''The Kenites''' were a people whose name has been interpreted as "smiths" by some and by others as smething relating to "nests". These interpretations are not sure, however. | ||
| The ] does not say anything clear about their origin. They are sometimes mantioned in connection with other people. Some have believed they were a subgroup of the |
The ] does not say anything clear about their origin. They are sometimes mantioned in connection with other people. Some have believed they were a subgroup of the Midianites, but the name Kenites is mentioned even before ]'s son ] was born. | ||
| The Kenites are mentioned in connection with the Midianites in ]. ] is sometimes refered to as a midianite and sometimes as a keinte. Some believe there must have been two different groups called by the name. It may also have been that way that some kenites were living together with the midianites and called midianites only in geographic sense. They may also have become mixed by intermarriage. | The Kenites are mentioned in connection with the Midianites in ]. ] is sometimes refered to as a midianite and sometimes as a keinte. Some believe there must have been two different groups called by the name. It may also have been that way that some kenites were living together with the midianites and called midianites only in geographic sense. They may also have become mixed by intermarriage. | ||
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The Kenites were a people whose name has been interpreted as "smiths" by some and by others as smething relating to "nests". These interpretations are not sure, however.
The Bible does not say anything clear about their origin. They are sometimes mantioned in connection with other people. Some have believed they were a subgroup of the Midianites, but the name Kenites is mentioned even before Abraham's son Midian was born.
The Kenites are mentioned in connection with the Midianites in Exodus. Jethro is sometimes refered to as a midianite and sometimes as a keinte. Some believe there must have been two different groups called by the name. It may also have been that way that some kenites were living together with the midianites and called midianites only in geographic sense. They may also have become mixed by intermarriage.
Other well-known kenites were Heber, the husbound of Jael, and Rechab, the ancestor of the Rechabites.