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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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MEDAN. One of the sons of Abraham and Keturah ( Genesis 25:2 = 1 Chronicles 1:32 ). The existence of such a tribe, however, is very doubtful. In Genesis 37:36 ‘Medanites’ is miswritten for Midianites (see RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ), and there is every likelihood that in the former passage ‘Medan’ is a doublet of ‘Midian,’ the next word in the verse. Medan is unknown elsewhere in the Bible, nor is it represented by the name of any people in any extra-Biblical document. To connect it with the name of an Arabian god Madân , or with the similar name of a wady in N.W. Arabia, is very hazardous, both because the associations are remote, and because the word-form is common in Semitic, and is liable to occur in various relations.

J. F. M‘Curdy.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Medan'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​m/medan.html. 1909.
 
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