Person Old Testament
Medan
Medan was a son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 25:2.
Why it matters. Son of Abraham and Keturah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Medan
Medan was one of the sons born to Abraham and his concubine Keturah after the death of Sarah. Along with his brothers Zimran, Jokshan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah, Medan was sent away by Abraham with gifts to the land of the east, separating them from Isaac, Abraham's son with Sarah (Gen.25.1-6). Medan is also mentioned in the genealogy of Abraham's descendants in 1Ch.1.32. Little else is known about Medan or his descendants, as they are not mentioned further in the biblical narrative.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.