2 After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her, 3 along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.” 4 The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
Exodus 18:2–4
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Exodus 2:21–23
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.” 23 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites…
1 Chronicles 23:14–16
14 As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 16 The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
Acts 7:28–30
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons. 30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the deser…
Testament of Levi 3:48–50
48 Therefore when I took a wife I was twenty-eight years old, and her name was Melcha. (T12) 49 And she conceived and bare a son, and I called his name Gersam, for we were sojourners in our land. (T12) 50 And I saw concerning him, that he would not be in the first rank. (T12)
Exodus 18:26–27
26 And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves. 27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.
Exodus 2:9–11
9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him. 10 When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and e…
Exodus 4:19–21
19 Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.” 20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. 21 The LORD instructed Moses,…
Genesis 41:51–53
51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.” 52 And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” 53 When the seven years of abundance in the l…
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