His brothers are Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Ishbak and Shuah.
His sons are Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
Josephus records that "Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis and the country of Arabia the Happy, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea.
"[2] Midian is generally considered ancestral to the Midianite people[3] found in later portions of the Hebrew scriptures.
Some Muslim genealogists claim he was the son of Lot's daughter.