1. Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people Israel and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2. When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
3. along with her two sons. The one son was named Gershom [Foreigner], because Moses said, “I was a foreigner living in another country.”
4. The name of the other was Eliezer [My God Is a Helper], because he said, “My father’s God was my helper. He saved me from Pharaoh’s death sentence.”