According to the Hebrew Bible, Zimran (Hebrew:זִמְרָן,romanized:Zimrān,lit.''vine dresser', 'celebrated', 'song''; Greek:Ζεμραμ, Ζεμβραν, Arabic:زمران), also known as Zambran, was the first son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah, whom he had married after the death of Sarah. Zimran had five other brothers, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Josephus writes that "Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis, and the country of Arabia Felix, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea." For such reasons, Zimran has also been tentatively identified by some with the Arabian town of Zabran, i.e. Jeddah, between Mecca and Medina.

The biblical accounts in Genesis and I Chronicles do not mention Zimran's descendants, but according to the Book of Jasher, his children were Abihen, Molich and Narim.

Academics such as Jan Retsö and William Hazlitt have suggested that the descendants of Zimran are the same people known as Banizomenes, who were mentioned in the records of the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus.

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