1. Jethro, Midian’s priest and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for God’s people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2. Moses’ father-in-law Jethro took with him Zipporah, Moses’ wife whom he had sent away,
3. along with her two sons. One was named Gershom because he said, "I have been an immigrant living in a foreign land."
4. The other was named Eliezer because he said, "The God of my ancestors was my helper who rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword."