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Who is Midian?

"Now Abraham took another wife, [a]whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah."

Genesis 25:1 - 2

ESV - 1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

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Mini Bryan Myers Supporter Minister of the Body of Christ
Midian was one of the six sons of Abraham by Keturah, after the death Sarah. These sons were sent eastward of Canaan into what is now the Arabian peninsula. They were nomadic traders that are presumed to have intermarried with the Ishmaelites, hence the often interchanging of their designation, as in the story of Joseph being sold into slavery. Much of the turmoil in the middle east can be traced to the modern Arabs claiming lineage from the Midianites and therefore wanting to be counted as heirs to Abraham.

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