sons of Keturah
E252799
The sons of Keturah are the group of six male descendants Abraham fathered with Keturah—Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah—who became progenitors of various Arabian and Near Eastern tribes in biblical tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abraham–Keturah–Midian–Hanoch | 1 |
| sons of Keturah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2307591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sons of Keturah Context triple: [Keturah, childrenCollective, sons of Keturah]
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A.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
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B.
sons of Heth
The sons of Heth are a group of Hittite inhabitants of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible, known especially as the landowners from whom Abraham purchases a burial site for Sarah in Genesis 23.
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C.
Children of Gebelawi
Children of Gebelawi is a landmark allegorical novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that reimagines religious and social history through the saga of a Cairo alley and its patriarchal founder.
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D.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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E.
Zilpah
Zilpah is a biblical figure who served as Leah’s maidservant and bore two of Jacob’s sons, Gad and Asher.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sons of Keturah Target entity description: The sons of Keturah are the group of six male descendants Abraham fathered with Keturah—Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah—who became progenitors of various Arabian and Near Eastern tribes in biblical tradition.
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A.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
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B.
sons of Heth
The sons of Heth are a group of Hittite inhabitants of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible, known especially as the landowners from whom Abraham purchases a burial site for Sarah in Genesis 23.
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C.
Children of Gebelawi
Children of Gebelawi is a landmark allegorical novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that reimagines religious and social history through the saga of a Cairo alley and its patriarchal founder.
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D.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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E.
Zilpah
Zilpah is a biblical figure who served as Leah’s maidservant and bore two of Jacob’s sons, Gad and Asher.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical group of people
ⓘ
descendants of Abraham ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabia
Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Near East
|
| covenantalStatus | outside primary Abrahamic covenant line through Isaac ⓘ |
| describedIn |
1 Chronicles 1:32–33
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Genesis 25:1–4 ⓘ |
| genealogicalFunction | link between Abraham and various non-Israelite peoples ⓘ |
| hasFather | Abraham ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ishbak
ⓘ
Jokshan ⓘ Medan ⓘ Midian ⓘ Shuah ⓘ Zimran ⓘ |
| hasMother | Keturah ⓘ |
| inheritanceStatus | received gifts but not primary covenant inheritance ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Hebrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| mentionedAlongside |
Isaac
ⓘ
Ishmael ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 6 ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition |
progenitors of Arabian tribes
ⓘ
progenitors of Near Eastern tribes ⓘ |
| sentAwayBy | Abraham ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Isaac ⓘ |
| textualGenre | biblical genealogy ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | patriarchal period in biblical narrative ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: sons of Keturah Description of subject: The sons of Keturah are the group of six male descendants Abraham fathered with Keturah—Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah—who became progenitors of various Arabian and Near Eastern tribes in biblical tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abraham–Keturah–Midian–Hanoch