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Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken back Moses’ wife Zipporah after she had been sent away, along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom, because he would say, “I was an alien[a] in a foreign land,” while the name of the other was Eliezer,[b] because he would say,[c] “My father’s God helped me and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:3 The Heb. word for alien (ger ) sounds like Gershom
  2. Exodus 18:4 The Heb. name Eliezer means My God helps
  3. Exodus 18:4 The Heb. lacks he would say