Zipporah
Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, was Moses' wife and the mother of his two sons, Gershom and Eliezer.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
A female bird.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Jethro
Partners
Moses
Siblings
Hobab
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Exodus 2:21.
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Verses that name Zipporah
- Exodus 2:21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- Exodus 4:25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
- Exodus 18:2 After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,