and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,† for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 18:3 in context
Exodus 18:1–6
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Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
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and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,† for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
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The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
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Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
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He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
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- “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
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