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Zipporah, or Tzipora ( / ˈzɪpərə, zɪˈpɔːrə /; Hebrew: צִפּוֹרָה, Ṣīppōrā, "bird"), [a] is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro, the priest and prince of Midian. [1] She is the mother of Moses' two sons: Eliezer, and Gershom . In the Book of Chronicles, two of her grandsons ...
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Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah (Dutch: Mozes en zijn Ethiopische vrouw Seporah), c. 1645–1650, is a painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Jacob Jordaens. The painting is a half-length depiction of the biblical prophet Moses, and his African wife. The oil on canvas painting is kept by the Rubenshuis museum in Antwerp, Belgium.
- 116.3 cm × 104 cm (45.8 in × 41 in)
- Jacob Jordaens
- c. 1645–1650
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The next time we hear of Zipporah is when the Torah tells us that Jethro came to join the people of Israel. 8 Together with him came his daughter and grandsons, Moses’ wife and children. The last time they saw their husband and father, he was an unknown and private man. Now, he was the leader of the Jewish people, “Moses, our Teacher.”.
Jul 27, 2021 · Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was encamped at the mountain of God. Exodus 18:2-5. This passage reveals that sometime after the exit from Egypt, Zipporah gave birth to another son named Eliezer, and was either sent back, or returned to Midian to be with her father.
Jul 29, 2021 · Updated Jul 29, 2021. The wife of Moses is named Zipporah. There’s not a lot mentioned about her in the Bible; however, she’s known for one major thing… and it’s a bit strange. She ...
Zipporah was the wife of Moses. The Rabbis ascribe many traits to her; they considered her different than other women, in a positive sense, in both appearance and deed. She heroically saved Moses from an attack by circumcising her son. Zipporah’s actions led to a Talmudic discussion of women’s ability to perform circumcision.
Zipporah is a Midianite woman who becomes the wife of Moses. After Moses kills an Egyptian, he flees from the pharaoh and settles among the Midianites, an Arab people who occupied desert areas in southern Transjordan, northern Arabia, and the Sinai. He meets the seven daughters of Reuel, priest of Midian, at a well; rescues them from shepherds ...
