“And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.”
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, Letushites, and Leummites. Sheba is the kingdom of the Queen of Sheba who will come to Solomon with hard questions (1 Kings 10:1); Dedan is the trading partner mentioned in Ezekiel's prophecies. The descendants of Abraham through Keturah fill the known world of the ancient Near East. The application: the breadth of Abraham's family is the breadth of the world the Bible addresses — the covenant family and the surrounding peoples are intertwined from the beginning.
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