What is the name of Moses Ethiopian wife in the Bible?
Ethan Hayes
Published Jan 10, 2026
Detail of Jacob Jordaens' painting "Moses and his Ethiopian Wife Zipporah," c. 1650. Zipporah is the wife of Moses, given to him in marriage by her Midianite priest father.
Midianite
According to the Book of Genesis, the Midianites were the descendants of Midian, who was a son of Abraham and his wife Keturah: "Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah" (Genesis 25:1–2, King James Version).
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