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

Descendants of Keturah^(A)

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

¹¹ When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,^(A) Bildad the Shuhite^(B) and Zophar the Naamathite,^(C) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.^(D)

⁸ Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba^(A)—the five kings of Midian.^(B) They also killed Balaam son of Beor^(C) with the sword.^(D)

² “Take vengeance on the Midianites^(A) for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.^(B)”

¹⁷ “Treat the Midianites^(A) as enemies^(B) and kill them.^{(C) 18} They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident^(D) involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”

⁴ The Moabites^(A) said to the elders of Midian,^(B) “This horde is going to lick up everything^(C) around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.^(D)”

So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

Jethro Visits Moses

18 Now Jethro,^(A) the priest of Midian^(B) and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.^(C)

² After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,^(D) his father-in-law Jethro received her ³ and her two sons.^(E) One son was named Gershom,^[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;^{(F) 4} and the other was named Eliezer,^[b](G) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;^(H) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”