What was the relationship between Zipporah and Moses?
Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, was the wife of Moses and the mother of his two sons. Exodus 2:21; Exodus 18:2-4
What the Bible says
Exodus 2:21
And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:
Exodus 2:22
And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Did you know?
Moses named his first son Gershom, because Moses was a stranger in a foreign land. Exodus 2:22
Who they were
- Zipporah: One of the seven daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian. She married Moses when he fled from Egypt. Exodus 2:15-16, 21 She was the mother of Moses’ two sons: Gershom and Eliezer. Exodus 18:2-4
- Moses: As a baby, his mother put him in a basket by the river. Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him. Exodus 2:3-10 God called him from a bush that was burning but not consumed, and sent him to lead his people out of Egypt. Exodus 3:2, 10