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Zipporah: (a) Daughter of Jethro; Moses’ wife. Stayed behind in Midian with their two sons while Moses went to Egypt to liberate the Israelites. Joined her husband and the Israelites shortly after the Splitting of the Sea. Moses separated from her after the Giving of the Torah, so to always be available and ready to communicate with G-d. (b) A common Jewish name.
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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.
Question: There is some missing information in the Bible. I read that Moses went down to Egypt with his wife and their two sons (Exodus, chapter 4). Yet later, in chapter 18, I read, “So Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she ...
Moses Flees Egypt, Moses in Midian
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Tzipporah, wife of Moses
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