^2 (A)She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

^32 (A)The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³ The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah.

²⁵ all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^(A)Elam, and all the kings of ^(B)Media;

Job's Three Friends

¹¹ Now when Job's three ^(A)friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz ^(B)the Temanite, Bildad ^(C)the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to ^(D)show him sympathy and comfort him.

⁸ They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, ^(A)Evi, Rekem, ^(B)Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed ^(C)Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

^2 (A)“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall ^(B)be gathered to your people.”

^17 (A)“Harass the Midianites and strike them down, ¹⁸ for they have harassed you with their ^(B)wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of ^(C)Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”

⁴ And Moab said to ^(A)the elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

Jethro's Advice

18 ^(A)Jethro, ^(B)the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. ² Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home, ³ along with her ^(C)two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (^(D)for he said, ^(E)“I have been a sojourner^[a] in a foreign land”), ⁴ and the name of the other, Eliezer^[b] (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).