Then the sonsof Israeldidwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD;and the LORDgavethem into the handsof Midiansevenyears.
She boreto him Zimranand Jokshanand Medanand Midianand Ishbakand Shuah.
Then someMidianitetraderspassedby, so they pulled[him] up and liftedJosephout of the pit,and soldhim to the Ishmaelitesfor twenty[shekels] of silver.Thus they broughtJosephinto Egypt.
I sawthe tentsof Cushanunderdistress,The tentcurtainsof the landof Midianwere trembling.
Moabsaidto the eldersof Midian,"Nowthis hordewill lickup allthat is aroundus, as the oxlicksup the grassof the field."And Balakthe sonof Zipporwas kingof Moabat that time.
And whatmoreshall I say?For timewill failme if I tellof Gideon,Barak,Samson,Jephthah,of Davidand Samueland the prophets,
The angerof the LORDburnedagainst Israel,and He soldthem into the handsof the Philistinesand into the handsof the sonsof Ammon.
Then the sonsof Israeldidevilin the sightof the LORDand servedthe Baals,
Then Gideonsaidto him, "Omy lord,if the LORDis with us, whythen has allthishappenedto us? And whereare allHis miracleswhichour fatherstoldus about, saying,'Did not the LORDbringus up from Egypt?'But nowthe LORDhas abandonedus and givenus into the handof Midian."
