Midian is a people or a place name residing in the desert region of the northwestern Arabian Peninsula. One of the sons of Keturah, whom Abraham took as a concubine, was Midian, and the people are descended from him.
Genesis 25:1She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Genesis 25:2Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
요셉(야곱의 아들)이 형제들에게 팔릴 때에, 애굽과 교역을 하던 미디안 상인들에게 노예로 팔렸다.
Genesis 37:28Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
모세가 사람을 죽인 후 애굽에서 도망쳐나와 미디안 땅에 머물렀고 이곳에서 아내를 얻었다.
Exodus 2:16The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.Exodus 2:17When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”Exodus 2:18They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”Exodus 2:19He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”Exodus 2:20Moses) was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.Exodus 2:21She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”Exodus 2:22In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
미디안 민족은 아말렉과 연합하여 이스라엘을 자주 침공하였다, 사사시대에 기드온은 미디안 군대와의 전투에서 승리하였다. 사사기 8장 참조.