Zipporah
Zipporah Some scholars purport that Moses' Cushite wife (Numbers 12.1) was probably Zipporah, the Daughter of Jethro, the priest from Midian. Midianites are believed to have descended from Ham through the line of Cush (Exodus 18.1). Zipporah was probably of the Kenite clan.
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