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then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

and her two sons, of which the name of the one was Gershon, for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land,

and the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, said he, helped me and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh;

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After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,(A) his father-in-law Jethro received her and her two sons.(B) One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(C) and the other was named Eliezer,[b](D) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;(E) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
  2. Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.