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Abraham after this married Keturah, by whom six sons were born to
him, men of courage, and of sagacious minds: Zambran, and Jazar,
and Madan, and Madian, and Josabak, and Sous. Now the sons of
Sous were Sabathan and Dadan. The sons of Dadan were Latusim, and
Assur, and Luom. The sons of Madiau were Ephas, and Ophren, and
Anoch, and Ebidas, and Eldas. Now, for all these sons and
grandsons, Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they
took possession of Troglodytis, and the country of Arabia the
Happy, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea. It is related of this
Ophren, that he made war against Libya, and took it, and that his
grandchildren, when they inhabited it, called it (from his name)
Africa. And indeed Alexander Polyhistor gives his attestation to
what I here say; who speaks thus: "Cleodemus the prophet, who was
also called Malchus, who wrote a History of the Jews, in
agreement with the History of Moses, their legislator, relates,
that there were many sons born to Abraham by Keturah: nay, he
names three of them, Apher, and Surim, and Japhran. That from
Surim was the land of Assyria denominated; and that from the
other two (Apher and Japbran) the country of Africa took its
name, because these men were auxiliaries to Hercules, when he
fought against Libya and Antaeus; and that Hercules married
Aphra's daughter, and of her he begat a son, Diodorus; and that
Sophon was his son, from whom that barbarous people called
Sophacians were denominated."
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