Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 1:32
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler compiles a genealogical record, placing Keturah’s descendants immediately after Ishmael’s line to map Abraham’s extended family.
The words — פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh) denotes a concubine, a secondary wife with recognized but subordinate status, while יָלְדָה (yaldah) literally means “she bore,” marking the act of childbirth.
The thread — Genesis 25:1 first names Keturah as Abraham’s later wife, and the Midianite lineage she produces appears later in Genesis 37:28 and Exodus 2:15 as traders and regional actors.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of Abraham’s biological expansion beyond Sarah’s line, establishing tribal origins that shape subsequent Israelite history and neighboring nations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Genesis 25:1 Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
- Genesis 37:28 So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Exodus 2:15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
- Numbers 22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 25:6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 31:2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
- Judges 6:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- 1 Kings 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- Job 6:19 The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
- Psalms 72:10 May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.