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Son of Abraham by Keturah — and the nomadic nation descended from him
Desert traders who pop up throughout the OT. Moses' father-in-law Jethro was a Midianite priest — so they started as allies. Later, Midian became an oppressor so brutal that God raised up Gideon specifically to crush them.
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Midian is Abraham's son through Keturah whose descendants become the Midianites — the people Moses lived among in exile, whose priest Jethro became his father-in-law and offered counsel after the Exodus.
Midian here refers to the nation that employed Balaam's counsel to corrupt Israel at Peor — the text frames them as active aggressors who weaponized religious seduction against God's people.
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