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After Moses had sent his wife Zipporah away, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in, along with her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,[a] for Moses had said, “I have become an alien in a foreign land.” The name of the other was Eliezer,[b] for he had said, “My father’s God was my helper, and he has delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

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Footnotes

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