Moses wife name in the book of exodus

At a later time moses sent zipporah back to the house of her father, but when jethro came to visit moses in the wilderness, jethro brought zipporah back with him. Book of exodus overview insight for living ministries. This is a term often used in the bible to refer to african nations. Mosess marriage to jethros daughter, zipporah, and the birth of their first son, gershom, are recorded in exodus 2. Sometimes in scripture we run across strange events that have no explanation as to what led up to them happening. After being instructed by god to return to egypt and free the israelites, in exodus 4. Zipporah was rejoined with moses early on the exodus see exodus 2. Moses story is told in the book of exodus, but it starts in genesis with the story of abraham and his family with whom god makes a covenant. Zipporah was not a descentant of cush, the son of ham,cush was the forefather of the ethiopians. The second book of moses, called exodus tells the story of how baby moses was put into a rush basket and set loose into the nile river by his sister miriam to save him from pharoahs edict ordering all hebrew baby boys slain. A new novel, zipporah, wife of moses, by marek halter, puts a fictionalized spin.

Scripture describes her alongside of moses and aaron as. The defiant leader moses rises up against egyptian pharaoh ramses ii, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. There is no mention of moses being married a second time or any mention of zipporahs death in the scriptures. In the book of chronicles, two of her descendants are mentioned. The name of the wife of moses is zipporah, she was the daughter of jethro. Moses, sick of them and sick of his job, reverts to his whimpering exodus self, moaning to the lord about how rotten his life is. Moses had sent zipporah back to her own relations, either in anger, on account of the scene described in exodus 4. When she said, bridegroom of blood, she was referring to the circumcision. Jul 05, 2007 additionally, rabbi chizkiyah ben manoach points out45 that if the cushite wife refers to zipporah, then the torah need not have stated that moses married zipporah because that was a fact already established in the book of exodus which did not need to be repeated in this episode in the book of numbers. He originally had a wife named zipporah who was the daughter of a midianite priest exodus 2. Later, zipporah had another son named eliezer exodus 18. The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses by levi avtzon in the book of exodus, we are introduced to zipporah, the daughter of jethro, wife of moses and mother of their two sons, gershom and eliezer.

This silence may be due to the fact that moses wishes to stress the continuity between the events recorded in the book of genesis with those of the book of exodus. After moses had sent away his wife zipporah, his fatherinlaw jethro took her back, along with her two sons. Nov 11, 2019 and moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave moses his daughter zipporah exodus 2. The story of mosess cushite wife is actually quite cryptic. Moses our teacher, is the most important prophet in judaism. A life, thought that, since he subsequently had to wear a veil to hide it, moses face was disfigured by a sort of divine radiation burn. I, your fatherinlaw jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons exodus 18. Jul 25, 2006 moses, sick of them and sick of his job, reverts to his whimpering exodus self, moaning to the lord about how rotten his life is. Jethro assumed that, as the main troubles were now over, he would be glad to have his wife and. More than 400 years separate the life of joseph from the birth of the nation israel at the exodus. The circumcision of one or both of moses sons is one of those events.

Later, when moses returns from freeing the israelites from egypt, jethro proclaims the israelite gods glory, saying, now i know that the lord is greater than all gods. Shebuel, son of gershom, and rehabiah, son of eliezer. Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered politics. After moses had sent away his wife zipporah, his father in law jethro took her back, along with her two sons. At some point before the exodus from egypt, moses sends her and the children away exod 18. Exodus is the second book of the pentateuch the five books of moses, and its where we find the stories of the ten plagues, the first passover, the parting of the red sea, and the ten commandments. Tharbis wife of moses my search for the political mary.

Invited home, moses was content to live with jethros family, and married zipporah, eldest of the seven. It is possible that zipporah, moses wife, could have died by this point in the exodus story and that moses married another woman who happened to be of ethiopian heritage. A life, thought that, since he subsequently had to wear a veil to hide it, moses face was disfigured by. The bible does not say much about moses wife, zipporah. Zipporah is a midianite woman who becomes the wife of moses.

On the way to egypt, zipporah circumcised their son and thus saved her husbands lifemoses had neglected to obey the lord in this matter, and the lord would have killed moses had not zipporah intervened exodus 4. Zipporah, the name of moses wife, is only referenced three times in the bible exodus 2. After the exodus, her father, the priest of midian here called jethro, comes to visit moses. Jun 10, 2017 zipporah was the wife that gave birth to the two sons of moses. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.

Moses sends her and the children away before the exodus from egypt. Yet in the book of numbers mosess sister miriam is upset about his having taken a cushite wife. Moses was rescued by pharoahs own daughter who raised him as a. The book of exodus is the story of god rescuing the children of israel from egypt and forging a special relationship with them. When he communicated to jethro the message of his god, jethro made no difficulty, but said to moses. Mosess unique education in the royal courts of egypt certainly provided him the opportunity and ability to pen these works acts 7. Hobab was also the name of jethros son as stated in numbers 10. Jan 22, 2015 it is possible that zipporah, moses wife, could have died by this point in the exodus story and that moses married another woman who happened to be of ethiopian heritage. Moses consented to stay with the man, and he gave moses his daughter zipporah as wife exodus 2. Open the pages of almost any recent bible dictionary, exodus commentary, or biblical reference work and you will likely find the name moses linked to the egyptian verb msmsi to give birth or the related noun ms child, son,various forms of which occur in egyptian royal and nonroyal names.

What are the five books of moses often referred to as torah, especially when in scroll format, the five books of moses are the foundation of judaism. With christian bale, joel edgerton, ben kingsley, sigourney weaver. Daughter of jethro, priest of midian, and wife of moses ex 2. Moses adoptive grandfather was pharaoh osirtasin i sesostris, herodotus, 2. The account in the old testament the jewish torah, was purportedly written by moses himself. The torah refers to her as miriam the prophetess and the talmud names. Zipporah was the wife that gave birth to the two sons of moses. Jan 02, 2020 gershoms name was a reminder that moses was a foreigner and living among foreigners. The book of exodus is the second book of the bible and describes the exodus, which includes the israelites deliverance from slavery in egypt through the hand of yahweh, the revelations at biblical mount sinai, and the subsequent divine indwelling of god with israel. I cannot carry all this people by myself, for it is too much.

Gershoms name was a reminder that moses was a foreigner and living among foreigners. The next mention of either zipporah or gershom is found in exodus 4. When he was born, moses said, i am a stranger in a foreign country. This book brings together two histories that tell his story. Although her name is listed only a few times in scripture, her interactions with one of the most famous men in scripture is worth. After the exodus, her father, the priest of midian here called jethro, comes to visit moses, bringing zipporah and her two sons. Zipporah or tzipora is mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses, and the daughter. Exodus 18, international childrens bible icb the bible app. Shebuel, son of gershom, and rehabiah, son of eliezer 1 chronicles 23. Miryam is described in the hebrew bible as the daughter of amram and jochebed, and the older sister of moses and aaron. Generations later the biblical moses draws the extended family together in the form of a nation with a structure and code of law, given to him on mount sinai. Now the lord said to moses in midian, go, return to egypt. Nov 17, 2018 the book of exodus is the story of god rescuing the children of israel from egypt and forging a special relationship with them. Although her name is listed only a few times in scripture, her interactions with one of the most famous men in scripture is worth studying.

Later in the book of exodus, there is a strange passage involving zipporah. This is a highly plausible explanation, and if this is the case we can see that miriam and aarons problem with moses marriage may have been that he married a nonisraelite. Some think moses married a woman of a different race than he was. She travelled with moses toward egypt after he had received his commission to deliver israel, and on the way circumcised her son ch 4. On the way to egypt, zipporah circumcised their son and thus saved her husbands lifemoses had neglected to obey the lord in this matter, and the lord would have killed. The name tharbis can not be found in the book of exodus, but you can find it below in other scriptures jasher 76. Biblical racism and the story of moses african wife. She was a prophetess and first appears in the book of exodus the torah refers to her as miriam the prophetess and the talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of israel. Aug 21, 2007 mosess marriage to jethros daughter, zipporah, and the birth of their first son, gershom, are recorded in exodus 2. Reuel then gave moses zipporah as his wife exodus 2.

Name meaninga midian name, zipporah means a little bird, a sparrow. As with genesis, early jewish traditions name moses as the most likely and best qualified person to have authored exodus. Who was the wife of moses in book of exodus answers. In the book of chronicles, two of her grandsons are mentioned. He is also an important prophet in christianity, islam, the bahai faith, and a number of other abrahamic religions. Who was the ethiopian cushite wife that moses took numbers 12. Exodus 18, new revised standard version nrsv the bible app. The defiant leader moses rises up against egyptian pharaoh ramses ii, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from. Yet in the book of numbers mosess sister miriam is upset about his having.

Moses and his wife are traveling to egypt because god had told moses to bring the israelites out of bondage exodus 3. The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses what do you think. The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses what do you. The torah describes miriam and aaron as criticizing moses cushite wife in. Jan 02, 2020 wife is singular, and there is no mention of any other wife or wives that moses had. Moses passes over these events with very little comment. Aug 24, 2011 footnotes 1 moses mother jochebed is named in exodus 6. And flavius josephus, the celebrated jewish historian, wrote antiquities of the jews in the first century. Moses took with him his wife and his sonsfor a second son was now born into the familyand moses was now eighty years of age. Moses is told that his fatherinlaw jethro is coming to see you, with your wife and her two sons exod i8. Moses was rescued by pharoahs own daughter who raised him as a prince of egypt. The name of the one was gershom for he said, i have been an alien in a foreign land, and the name of the other, eliezer for he said, the god of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of pharaoh. Footnotes 1 moses mother jochebed is named in exodus 6. In the book of exodus, we are introduced to zipporah, the daughter of jethro, wife of moses and mother of their two sons, gershom and eliezer.

Verse 22 tells us that zipporah bore moses a son, whose name was gershom. Oct 22, 2014 the second book of moses, called exodus tells the story of how baby moses was put into a rush basket and set loose into the nile river by his sister miriam to save him from pharoahs edict ordering all hebrew baby boys slain. She was a prophetess and first appears in the book of exodus. Wife is singular, and there is no mention of any other wife or wives that moses had. Until this very day, the textwhich is written in hebrewhas been carefully preserved by the jewish people. And moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave moses his daughter zipporah exodus 2. Below, peter machinist explores the story of moses, the exodus hero, in the man moses. Moses first took his wife and children from midian to egypt on a donkey.