Zipporah wife of moses in the book of exodus

The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses what do you think. At some point before the exodus from egypt, moses sends her and the children away exod 18. This is the story of moses wife, zipporath, a black cushite whom he married before beginning his service to god and bringing out the hebrew people from egypt in the exodus. He was given the former kings widow as a wife but he refused to live with her or worship the cushite god yalkut shimoni shemot 168. Exodus 18 niv bible now jethro, the priest of midian. And given the lack of homelife information we have on moses, youd think this lady would be a good source of material. While he was resting, reuels daughters came to water their fathers flocks. 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. Moses was to lead his people out of egypt and to be an example to pharaohs house, to the nation of egypt, and to all the nations that heard of those happenings exodus 18. When god reveals himself to moses in a burning bush, his words echo zipporahs, and moses returns to egypt with his passionate and generous wife by his side. Yet in the book of numbers mosess sister miriam is upset about his having taken a. After god directed moses to return to egypt and free the israelites, moses gathered zipporah and his sons and started the journey back to egypt exodus 4. And it came to pass by the way, in the inn, that the. Wife is singular, and there is no mention of any other wife or wives that moses had.

Zipporah or tzipora is mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses, and the daughter of reueljethro, the priest or prince. As you observed, we hear earlier of moses marrying the daughter of jethro the midianite. First son, named gershom, is mentioned in exodus 2. Either intellectually or intuitively she seems to grasp whatever the heck is going on in exodus 4. There is no explanation for this name change, but the title priest of midian accompanies both names, and he is called moses fatherinlaw, so it is safe to assume this was the same man. Zipporah was rejoined with moses early on the exodus see exodus 2. She gets between her husband and the wrath of god, saving moses and getting things done. Now jethro, moses fatherinlaw, had taken zipporah, moses wife, after he had sent her home, along with her two sons. Zipporah, wife of moses in the bible, a determined woman. Yocheved moses mother and later wetnurse, miriam, shifrah and puah and the other midwives, serach bat asher, and moses wife tziporah.

What is the significance of touching moses feet with his. Goodreads members who liked zipporah, wife of moses. With that introduction, i will present some of the explanations given of mosess cushite wife. Certainly if he had left her, she would have either been killed or used to pressure him to surrender. Moses and his wife are traveling to egypt because god had told moses to bring the israelites out of bondage exodus 3. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter, paperback barnes. Examples include the films the ten commandments 1956, the prince of egypt 1998 and exodus. Without her, the hebrews would never have left egypt and settled in canaan. Zipporah, wife of moses is bestselling novelist marek halters latest portrait of a noteworthy woman of the bible. However when he led israel out of egypt, in the exodus, it seems he also claimed his wife of the egyptians, and took her with him. What exactly is happening in the passage about the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading zipporah, wife of moses. Before we delve further into the somewhat mysterious nature of the incident which triggered the circumcision and the incident which was a result of the circumcision, i think we do well to consider the situation from zipporahs point of view as the wife of moses and the mother of eliezer see exodus 18. Moses, fleeing from egypt, arrived in midian and sat down by a well.

After the exodus, her father, the priest of midian here called jethro, comes to visit moses, bringing zipporah and her two sons. Jul 19, 2017 either intellectually or intuitively she seems to grasp whatever the heck is going on in exodus 4. However, moses grew up in pharaohs house as one of the prince of egypt. She appears to have returned with her children to her fathers house. Zipporahs quick thinking and awareness of gods presence saved the life of moses. It is not possible to know for sure from scripture when moses sent his wife zipporah, and two sons gershom the oldest. While she is introduced early in exodus, very little is said about her.

The last we hear of them is in chapter 18, when jethro brings them to moses after he had led the people out of egypt. Fanciful version of the fatal encounter between african princess zipporah and young moses, in a breathy, atmospheric translation. 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. Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter zipporah to moses in marriage. On his return to egypt, moses was accompanied by his wife, who saved him from great danger during their journey ib. And moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave moses his daughter zipporah exodus 2. Before we delve further into the somewhat mysterious nature of the incident which triggered the circumcision and the incident which was a result of the circumcision, i think we do well to consider the situation from zipporah s point of view as the wife of moses and the mother of eliezer see exodus 18. She is the main character in marek halters novel zipporah, wife of moses 2005.

Jan 02, 2020 gershoms name was a reminder that moses was a foreigner and living among foreigners. Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered. After the exodus, her father, the priest of midian here called jethro, comes to visit moses. A new novel, zipporah, wife of moses, by marek halter, puts a fictionalized spin on zipporah by making her the cushite or ethiopian wife. Moses is told that his fatherinlaw jethro is coming to see you, with your wife and her two sons exod i8. Zipporah in the bible was the wife of moses and the daughter of jethro, the priest of midian. Well, sorry to disappoint, but zipporah just doesnt get that much screen time. Her father jethro was the priest of midian, and it was he that gave zipporah to moses to marry. So far the story is clear, concise, we can understand, they met, they married, they had children. Why, and when, did moses send his wife and sons back to. The untold story of the hebrew midwives and the exodus. Jan 02, 2020 sometime later, moses was married to zipporah, the daughter of reuel, the priest of midian exodus 2. When she said, bridegroom of blood, she was referring to the circumcision. This is supported by a midrash jewish interpretation in the book of jasher sepir ha yasher 79.

Jan 25, 2008 a new novel, zipporah, wife of moses, by marek halter, puts a fictionalized spin on zipporah by making her the cushite or ethiopian wife of moses. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter books on tape. First lets see whether moses was married to zipporah. Moses had sent zipporah back to her own relations, either in anger, on account of the scene described in exodus 4. Zipporah was one of seven midianite sisters that mistook moses for an egyptian after he saved them from the men at the well exodus 2. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the southzipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and sage of the midianites.

After moses had sent away his wife zipporah, his fatherinlaw jethro took her back, along with her two sons. Lets look at what the scriptures actually say by starting in the book of exodus. Moses sends her and the children away before the exodus from egypt. Then jethro, moses father in law, took zipporah, moses wife. At some point on mosess journey to egypt, moses sent zipporah and his two sons back to jethro. Jethro assumed that, as the main troubles were now over, he would be glad to have his wife and. Zipporah is a midianite woman who becomes the wife of moses. The bible states that while moses was in midian god told him to go back to egypt exodus 4. A possible scenario is that when aaron met moses on the mountain of god mt. The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses what do you. Moses first served the king of cush and then upon his death became king himself, ruling for 40 years. Accordingly, moses personal life had to be in order before he could direct the spiritual lives of the hebrew people. Zipporah, the wife of moses, was one of the seven daughters of reuel, a midianite priest, who was also called jethro exodus 3.

In a spectacular feat of imagination, halter has breathed new life into this littleknown, though influential, old testament figure. Gershoms name was a reminder that moses was a foreigner and living among foreigners. In that sense this woman of colour can be seen as a christ figure. But zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to moses feet, and said, surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me. When we research the lineage of zipporah moses wife we see that it goes back to the midianites. What is the significance of touching moses feet with his son. When moses fled from egypt to the land of midian, he met jethros seven daughters, who were having some trouble getting enough water for their flocks exodus 2. We read about moses, his wife zipporah and their two sons, gershom and eliezer, in the book of exodus. Zipporah became his wife and the mother of his sons gershom and eliezer ex 18. It is then that zipporah, his wife, did something seemingly odd. In order to understand the implications of the feminine drama within this book of the bible. It came to pass in those days, when moses was grown that he ran away to the land of midian after he discovered that he was a hebrew child, and killed an egyptian for the.

Read the portions of exodus pertaining to zipporahs story. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Cush bible wikipedia ezekiel the tragedians exagoge 6065 fragments reproduced in eusebius has zipporah describe herself as a stranger in midian, and proceeds to describe the inhabitants of her. Zipporah is only mentioned once in exodus that moses married her and had a son named gershom. Shebuel, son of gershom, and rehabiah, son of eliezer. The story of mosess cushite wife is actually quite cryptic.

In the book of chronicles, two of her descendants are mentioned. Excluded by her african birth from the covenant yahweh made with abraham, zipporah returns sadly to midian, only to learn a year later that moses had led the great exodus from egypt. Sep 15, 2019 we read about moses, his wife zipporah and their two sons, gershom and eliezer, in the book of exodus. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter, paperback. At the well with her lightskinned stepsisters, zipporah is. Yet in the book of numbers mosess sister miriam is upset about his having taken a cushite wife. Later in the book of exodus, there is a strange passage involving zipporah. After moses had sent away his wife zipporah, his father in law jethro took her back, along with her two sons. She was the wife of moses and mother of his sons moses, hebrewborn and egyptianeducated leader of the hebrews in their flight from egypt gershom, son of moses, means a traveller, or someone in a foreign place. May 15, 2015 2 earlier, moses had sent his wife, zipporah, and his two sons back to jethro, who had taken them in. Considering that this is the story of moses and the jews exodus from slavery, does this strike you as an intentional reference to the famous speech by dr. So moses was in reality married to two women, the ethiopian princess tharbis and the midianite princess zipporah.

Then zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, surely a bloody husband art thou to me. Moses and zipporah moses was born in africaegypt to a hebrew family, from the tribe of levi. From the internationally bestselling author of sarah comes the riveting story of the remarkable woman who walked beside moses. Moses would have died by the hand of the angel of the lord if zipporah. Later, zipporah had another son named eliezer exodus 18.

The second volume of french novelist halters canaan trilogy sarah, 2004 shows zipporah, the daughter of midian high priest jethro, meeting the fugitive moses on his flight out of egypt. Exodus states that during the journey the lord met moses and tried to kill him. A woman ahead of her time, zipporah leaps from the pages of this remarkable novel. 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. Reuel then gave moses zipporah as his wife exodus 2. By then, the hebrews are wandering restively, moses is a changed man and the couples brief, final meeting makes a tragic footnote to the violent surge of events. These are all strong forces within the story of shemot. 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.

Who was the ethiopian cushite wife that moses took numbers 12. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter, howard curtis. Jun 10, 2017 zipporah was one of seven midianite sisters that mistook moses for an egyptian after he saved them from the men at the well exodus 2. Zipporah is often included in exodus related drama. She touched his feet with the foreskin and said, now you are a bridegroom of blood to me. Zipporah or tzipora is mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses, and the daughter of reueljethro, the priest or prince of midian. Zipporah or tzipora is mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses, and the daughter of reueljethro, the priest and prince of midian. Answering this requires putting two sections of exodus together.