Numbers 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

Ethiopian

Exodus 2:16

Married

General references

Exodus 2:7

Bible References

Ethiopian

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

Married

And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.

Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.

General references

Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?