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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.”

Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, together with Moses’ two sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert where he was camped at the mountain of God.[d]

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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
  4. Exodus 18:5 I.e. Mount Sinai