²¹ Moses agreed to stay with the man. The man gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses as a wife.

²² She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I have become an alien^[a] living in a foreign land.”

²⁴ At a lodging place along the way, the Lord confronted him and sought to kill him.^[a]

²⁵ Then Zipporah took a flint blade, cut off her son’s foreskin, and cast it at his feet. Then she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Jethro Visits Moses

18 Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, priest of Midian, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.

² After Moses had sent his wife Zipporah away, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in, ³ along with her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,^[a] for Moses had said, “I have become an alien in a foreign land.” ⁴ The name of the other was Eliezer,^[b] for he had said, “My father’s God was my helper, and he has delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

⁵ Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, Moses’ sons, and his wife were coming to Moses in the wilderness where he had camped at the mountain of God. ⁶ He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, your wife, and her two sons are coming to you.”