1 Chronicles 1:32 Meaning and Explanation
“Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.”
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Read Full Chapter →The sons of Keturah, including Midian, are listed as a further branch of Abraham's family.
What Does 1 Chronicles 1:32 Mean?
The writer records the sons of Keturah, Abraham's wife in his later years, among them Midian, whose people would figure often in Israel's story. Her sons, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah, with the sons of Jokshan after them, founded peoples to the east and south. Abraham's family proves wider still than Isaac and Ishmael.
God made Abraham fruitful beyond all expectation, the father of many peoples as his name foretold. The Midianites and other eastern tribes spring from this same root. The promise of a multitude was no exaggeration, and the Lord's blessing on Abraham spilled out into nation after nation across the lands of the east.
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What does 1 Chronicles 1:32 mean?
The sons of Keturah, including Midian, are listed as a further branch of Abraham's family.