^{2 Ref} Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

^{3 Ref} and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,{"Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."} for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".

^{4 Ref} The name of the other was Eliezer,{Eliezer means "God is my helper."} for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."

^{5 Ref} Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

⁶ He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.