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Moses' older son was called Gershom.[a] Moses said about him, ‘I have become a stranger in a foreign country.’ The other son was called Eliezer.[b] Moses said about him, ‘My ancestors' God gave me help. He saved me from Pharaoh, when Pharaoh wanted to kill me.’

Jethro came to visit Moses in the wilderness. He brought with him Moses' wife and two sons. The Israelites had put up their tents near the mountain of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:3 The name Gershom means ‘a foreign person’.
  2. 18:4 The name Eliezer means ‘My God gives me help’.