She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Keturah become the ancestors of peoples who populate the Arabian Peninsula and the surrounding regions. Midian, the most significant of these names, will appear repeatedly in the later narrative — Moses flees to Midian, Gideon defeats Midian. The peoples descended from Abraham through Keturah are not the covenant line but they are not insignificant. The application: every branch of a significant family has a story, even the branches that are not the main line of the promise.

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