Person
Jokshan
son of Abraham and Keturah
Son of Abraham by Keturah and father of Sheba and Dedan, listed in the genealogy of Abraham's descendants by his later wife.
3 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases
Who or what is this?
Jokshan was a son of by his wife , named in Genesis 25 and repeated in 1 Chronicles 1. He is identified as the father of Sheba and Dedan, two names also associated elsewhere in the Table of Nations with trading peoples. The biblical text records only Jokshan's parentage and his two sons, offering no narrative about his life; he represents one branch of Abraham's wider family beyond the line of .
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