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Clans, Not Just Individuals
Commentators explain that the names listed as the sons of Midian—Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah—are understood to represent the heads of five distinct clans or tribes that descended from Abraham through his wife Keturah.
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 1:33
19th Century
Bishop
The five clans or tribes of Midian. These, with the seven names of 1 Chronicles 1:31, make a total of twelve tribes for Keturah.
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 1:33
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:28).
Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 1:28–54
17th Century
Minister
The genealogy is from this point confined to the posterity of Abraham. From reading these lists of names, let us take the opportunity to think of t…