Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them". Scripture describes how, after Moses protected Jethro 's daughters from shepherds who did not allow them to access the local well, Jethro "gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses."3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Biblical Archaeology Review is the guide on that fascinating journey. Exodus 3:1-4:13King James Version. Shifra and Puah are midwives in Egypt. The shepherds wanted to take advantage of the efforts of the young women to give their animals to drink, but the threatening intervention of the young Moses, sitting nearby, made them quit. Jethro is called a priest of Midian and became father-in-law of Moses after he gave his daughter, Zipporah, in marriage to Moses. It is this image which Marcel Proust used to describe the love of Charles Swann's life, Odette de Crcy. He disciplined subordinate shepherds and dealt with thieves. [7], There is a pendant, Rebecca in the Well almost certainly a copy of Rosso attributed to Giovanni Antonio Lappoli, in the National Museum of the Royal Palace, in Pisa[6], The painting represents the biblical episode of Exodus (I, 1622), when the seven daughters of Jethro, a priest of the land of Midian, were harassed by a group of Midianite shepherds as they draw water from a well to water their father's flock. Pearl is Jethro's mother. [18][19], Nabi Shuayb is the site recognized by Druze as the tomb of Shuayb. Would Pharaoh really ask Hebrew women to murder the baby boys of their fellow women? There is no proof that Yethro was Abrahams descendant. RT @firstladyship: Seyi Tinubu's wife is Igbo from Anambra, her name is Chinwe. ; JETHRO KENITES The descendants of Jethro, a Midianite, the father MOSES : Joins himself to Jethro, priest of Midian; marries his daughter Zipporah; has one son, Gershom (Exodus 2:15-22) MOSES : Is a herdsman for Jethro in the desert of Horeb MOSES : With his wife and sons, he leaves Jethro to perform his mission in Egypt (Exodus 4:18-20 . Biblical maps from antiquity show Midian on both locations. [2] [3] She was also a fervent believer of the God of Abraham, known to her people as "He who has no name." [4] Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Marriage to Moses 1.2 Journey to Egypt the book of Job. A sheepherder decided when to move the herds and found suitable grazing. But the interpretation conflicts both with what the text tells us and with the emotional sense of the piece. A little joke: Jethro had five names, according to tradition. Seeing the little vessel she sends one maid to fetch it and on finding the baby expresses compassion for him. Moses Defends Jethro's Daughters is an oil on canvas painting attributed to Italian artist Rosso Fiorentino, created c. 1523-1524, now held in the Uffizi in Florence, which acquired it in 1632. First there is his infamous and rash vow to God, that if God granted him victory over the Ammonites then the one who came out from the door of his house to greet him on his return . daughters.' Their names are Maia, Elektra, Taigeti, Alcyon, Asterope, Celaeno and Merope. In times when local grass was insufficient, men took the herds further afield. Jethro is first mentioned in the Bible in Exodus 2:16 where he is described as "a priest of Midian." He is also referred to as Reuel (verse 18), which could indicate the equivalent of a last name. I wonder how often Jethros daughters endured the scenario of laboriously filling the watering troughs from the well, pitcher-full by pitcher-full, only to have their flocks pushed aside by surly shepherds, too lazy to draw their own water. Shifra and Puah disobey the Royal decree, because , the text tells us, they feared/revered God. Shifra (from the root ) means something along the lines of beauty/clarity but the root also gives us the noun shofar the horn that is blown to call to attention. Train other capable and worthy men as chiefs over tens, fifties, hundreds, and thousands to decide cases, so that you will hear only what they cannot handle. Moses agreed, and later Jethro returned to his own land.Ex 18:13-27. I'll go over and see why the bush isn't burning up., 4When the Lord saw Moses coming near, he called him by name from the bush, and Moses answered, Here I am., 5God replied, Don't come any closer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia), Besides pasturing the flocks, watering and watching them, tending minor injuries and sheltering them at night, a shepherdess also had the womanly duty of spinning. In 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 7. But all we know is that Moses wife and children had left Midian with him when he returned to Egypt (Ex 4:18-26). When a girl was eight to ten years old, she began leading the family herd out to nearby pasture. Most solutions take account of this. In the dangerous world of a Pharaoh determined to suppress the Israelite population by killing every male child not only has a baby but hides him for three months, before making a vessel of bulrushes and placing the child in it to be caught in the reeds at the rivers edge. Moses is said to have worked as a shepherd for Jethro for 40 years before returning to Egypt to lead the Hebrews to Canaan, the "promised land". In the free eBook Ancient Israel in Egypt and the Exodus, top scholars discuss the historical Israelites in Egypt and archaeological evidence for and against the historicity of the Exodus. Ephorah: "That's why Papa says she'll never get married. The first is that Reuel is simply another name for Jethro, much like Jacob also being named Israel (both of which were used interchangeably). The Marriage of Jethro's Daughter and Moses . There is some disagreement over the name(s) of Moses' father-in-law. Rachel pointed to the great stone that covered the well. sons born to them. [25][7] They believe he was a "hidden" and "true prophet" who communicated directly with God and then passed on that knowledge to Moses, whom they describe as a "recognised" and "revealed prophet. It instilled the appreciation for quiet companionship the sheepy kind, at least. Reuel becomes Moses' father in law in Exodus 2:21 "Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. So is Joanna Merlin, who played one of Jethro's other daughters. [5][6][7] For the Druze, Shuayb is considered the most important prophet, and the ancestor of all Druze.[8][9]. Having said all this, even though Jethro has no detractors, he does inspire a certain skepticism in some. Thus, there were not 600,000 men and women with Moses. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush . Article Shown above is a detail from Sandro Botticelli's painting "The Trials of Moses" depicting Jethro's daughter Zipporah. But this neat arrangement of 40 (Egypt) 40 (Midian) 40 (desert)=120 is in part challenged in the book of Exodus. Jacob had two wives, they were the daughters of Laban, their [1] Oded Borowski, Every Living Thing (1998), p. 45. The Prince of Egypt 23After the death of the king of Egypt, the Israelites still complained because they were forced to be slaves. There is strong evidence that Judges 4:11, regarding Hobab, should be translated Moses brother-in-law, because the Hebrew word simply means one who is related by marriage. They met in the wilderness at the "Mountain of God";[10] Moses recounted to Jethro all that had taken place, and then, according to Exodus 18:912a: Jethro rejoiced for all the good which the Lord had done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. They call him Ger shel emeta genuine convert or a convert to the truth. Here is your ticket to join us as we discover more and more about the biblical world and its people. Sephora was a Midianite shepherd girl and the eldest daughter of Jethro, the sheik of Midian. He treated animal diseases, located lost sheep, and protected the flocks from wolves, hyenas, lions and bears. In the Bible, no one is perfectneither perfectly good nor absolutely evil. Access to water was a source of contention (Genesis 26:12-33). . Invited by Moses to join the newly created nation, Jethro gracefully declines by invoking his obligations to his own family and tribe in the land of Midian (Numbers 10:2930). And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of form and face. Ajolidoforah is the middle-in-length sister who has curly bangs and wears a magenta dress with gold jewelry and a yellow veil on her head. Vasari's Lives of the Artists states the work was produced for Giovanni Bandini as "a canvas with some very handsome ignudi in a story [from the life] of Moses, when he lived in Egypt and I believe it was commissioned in France". For when the whole world heard of the might of the Blessed Holy One, they trembled, and all of them looked toward Jethro, who was wise and the ordained chief of all false gods of the world. 6:25), where it is stated that Eleazar the son of Aaron married one of Putiel's daughters, and that their son was Phinehas. But there were well over 1.5 million. Another interesting fact is that Jethro comes to meet Moses at Sinai bringing him his wife and children. The Midrash provides a fascinating backstory of how this union came to be. Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home, along with her two sons. In the midrashic literature,a as always, the character, or rather the attitude toward the character, seems more complex. After Moses killed an Egyptian, he fled to Midian ( Exodus 2:15 ). Access to 50+ curated Special Collections. b. I believe that it is. "His Excellence/Posterity"; Arabic: , romanized:Yathron) was Moses' father-in-law, a Kenite shepherd and priest of Midian,[1] sometimes named as Reuel (or Raguel). 18 When Jethro's daughters returned home, their father asked, "Why have you come back so early today?" 18When Jethro's daughters returned home, their father asked, Why have you come back so early today?, 19They answered, An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds, and he even watered our sheep and goats., 20Where is he? Jethro asked. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. However, Moses remained conscious that he was a stranger in exile, naming his first son (Jethro's grandson) "Gershom", meaning "stranger there". He drove them out and helped the daughters to draw water from the well. What was the Tribe of the Shepherds at the Well of Jethro that COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. He who said a women and her mother in law: they were Yocheved and Elisheva. (BT Sotah 11b). Historically the name of Yahweh first appears in the records of Amenhotep III and Ramsese II as the land of Yahweh inhabited by nomadic tribes of Shasu so this gives you an idea that Yahwehism first appeared among tribes that were beyond the control of Egypt. Reuel was definitely Moses father-in-law. Thats an anachronism, if ever there was. A Awassi ram in Kuwait. After some 40 years of caring for Jethros flocks in the vicinity of Mount Horeb (Sinai), Moses was summoned by Jehovah back to Egypt, and he returned with his father-in-laws good wishes.Ex 2:15-22; 3:1; 4:18; Ac 7:29, 30. [3][4], Muslim scholars and the Druze identify Jethro with the prophet Shuayb, also said to come from Midian. The name Puah is likely also to mean to shine/beauty but neither of these names is easy to translate or to mine meaning from or even identity from. 3 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. [12], It became, however, generally accepted that he had seven names: "Reuel", "Jether", "Jethro", "Hobab", "Heber", "Keni" (comp. http://www.netours.com/content/view/252/72/, http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200002454, http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q=Jethro&p=par. NCIS was put on protection detail of his wife and daugher Kelly while Gibbs was overseas fighting in Desert . And what about if believing on the Moses fairy tale on the wife Moses had in Ethiopia? hal Ketchums daughters names are; Sarah,Rosie,Ruby and Sophia What are the names of Bruce and Kris Jenners daughters? This has been quite the point of contention, but is quite simply solved. Dig into more than 9,000 articles in the Biblical Archaeology Societys vast library plus much morewith an All-Access pass. The wool of double-coated sheep is known as carpet wool in contrast to the fine wool of Merino sheep used in todays expensive clothing. He saved them and watered their flocks for them. 25 and Soah 43a, 1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze, 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus, "Judges 4 / Hebrew - English Bible / Mechon-Mamre", http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=258&letter=J&search=Jethro#1035, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jethro_(biblical_figure)&oldid=1141358319, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 17:31. Jethros son Hobab was requested by Moses to be a scout. It was first connected to the reference in Vasari by Gaetano Milanesi[4] It is unclear if the original work was sent to France or, as Antonio Natali theorises, this is a faithful copy. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. Many are unnamed and described only in their relationship to men : We meet the daughter of the tribe of Levi who marries a man of Levi at the beginning of Chapter 2. When Moses fled from Egypt he came to the well in Midian where he witnessed local shepherds mistreating the girls. The sages go so far as to exaggerate his virtues. I leave the reader to decide. Whether or not "Jethro" was actually a title is not important to the issue, though it could explain why the two names are introduced for one man without any explanation. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is a lot of good land, rich with milk and honey. At the top right, in front of a strip of sky, stands a row of houses. If you have any further questions or need help on another topic, leave your comments below! When he meets a young refugee, Moses, whom he believes to be Egyptian, he thinks immediately of his daughter Zipporah, who is not yet married (Exodus 2:2021). Daughters Draw Drew Father's Fill Filled Flock Midian Mid'ian Priest Seven Troughs Water Exodus 2 1. Gershom means "sojourner there.". Reuel is noted Exodus 2:16, as "a priest of Midian" who had seven daughters. She gave birth to a son, whom Moses named Gershom. A sheepherder decided when to move the herds and found suitable grazing. Brothers Van and Jethro round out the clan; On television's JAG, Rear Admiral Albert Jethro Chegwidden answered to A.J. And when he leaves his father-in-law, along with his wife and children, he puts them on a donkey (Ex 4:20), giving the obvious impression that they were still very young, implying that Moses had not spent many years in Midian. 13. 3One day, Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and Moses decided to lead them across the desert to Sinai,[c] the holy mountain. vi. Two more figures make up the set of women in this passage who surround and support Moses the midwives Shifra and Puah. Ephorah is the tall sister who has fanlike hair and wears a cerise and teal sleeveless dress with gold lemon-slice-shaped earrings with a blue necklace and gold bangles. Genesis 29:16-27. Jethros association with his future son-in-law began shortly after Moses fled from Egypt in 1553 B.C.E. They split after she had their daughter, Skylar because he was texting other girls. This well is where Moses met Zippora, Jethro's daughter. Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile. Because they were necessary to Moses survival and pivotal in the narrative arc? United States. However, Judges 4:11 (ESV) says that Hobab is the father-in-law of Moses! When necessary he moved his sheep away from home base to distant fields, camping out until bad weather brought herds and shepherds home. Each time he married off a daughter, he changed his name and moved to avoid the bill collectors. One day Jethro was walking home and he was stopped by Mr. Burdow, the father of the boy who killed Jethro's sister. 8 years of Archaeology Odyssey online, exploring the ancient roots of the Western world in a scholarly and entertaining way, The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 25and because he knew what was happening to his people, he felt sorry for them. The Hebrew language originally consisted only of consonants (for example, the last sentence, minus consonants would read: TH HBRW LNGG ORGNLL CNSSTD NL F CNSNNTS). Each issue of Biblical Archaeology Review features lavishly illustrated and easy-to-understand articles such as: Fascinating finds from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament periods, The latest scholarship by the world's greatest archaeologists and distinguished scholars, Stunning color photographs, informative maps, and diagrams, Reviews of the latest books on biblical archaeology, 45+ years of Biblical Archaeology Review, 20+ years of Bible Review online, providing critical interpretations of biblical texts. Awassi sheep are double-coated with only a thin layer of fleece under an outer coat of coarse hair. Tending the family herd was reserved primarily for girls, and they continued this work until married at age fifteen or sixteen. After the Battle at Rephidim against the Amalekites, word reached Jethro that under Moses' leadership the Israelites had been delivered out of Egypt, so he set out to meet with Moses. Judges 1:16. Jethro appears to have many names throughout the Torah. 9My people have begged for my help, and I have seen how cruel the Egyptians are to them. These events take place in the Torah portion Yitro (Exodus 18:120:23). He is placed within the shelter or on the wings of the shekhina, Gods holy presence or glory. I say the text contrasts the outsider father-in-law favorably against the insider father-in-law, Laban. 3This is strange! he said to himself. (Jethro) [from a root meaning more than enough; overflow]. His people were destroyed because of their corruption except for the believers. Required fields are marked *. 16, iv. A few minutes after Matt leaves, Ellen hears a noise and goes outside. Abundant Springs Community Church968 Kettles StreetPO Box 1288Pincher Creek, AB T0K 1W0, 403 627 3653 | hello@abundantsprings.church, Affiliated With The PAOCAlso see the Alberta & NWT District Site, Affiliated with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. and strong. Rachel was a shepherdess before she married Jacob who became a sheep herder. Sometime in the early 1990's, he created The Leroy Jethro Gibbs Scholarship Fund. But vayihad Yithro could easily mean his flesh crawled [with fear], he had goose bumps.b He is a man with a firm belief in a master plan and God. When Moses said to Jethro, "Give me your daughter Tzipporah as a wife", Jethro answered, "If you do what I ask of you, I will give her to you as a wife." Moses said: "What do you ask?" Jethro replied: "Your first son must serve idolatry. Their names are Ephorah (older), Ajolidoforah (middle), and Jethrodiadah (youngest). Jethro, real name Geoffrey Rowe, stopped touring in 2020 after more than 50 years on the road. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Mosess wife Zipporah was one of seven daughters who tended their fathers sheep (Exodus 2:16-21). These five women were some of the world's first fighters for the rights of women. [5], In fact, it is not excluded that this is not the original, which is possibly lost: the reflectographs of 1995 found an underlying drawing that is not very good, moreover some passages reveal a certain summary, especially in the male bodies, if not a cheap workmanship (the sheep) and with unsolved passages (such as the part between lawn and stone in the middle of the left edge). It is meant as a reproach for their ingratitude: Despite all the miracles that were performed for you, you have not believed enough to praise the Lord until Jethro did.. She's spent too long studying the Bible! The story (and the chapter) ends with Pharoahs decree repeated, but this time he broadens his audience from the midwives to the whole people: And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying: Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive (1:22). Chapter 15: The boy with the bomb Part 2 "She's her mother's daughter" Sorry for the long wait! Later on, small markings were added above and below each word to guide in pronunciation and allow for easier reading. Now that we have decided that Reuel and Jethro are one-in-the-same: namely, Moses' father-in-law, we must determine how Hobab is related. 25) being identified with Jethro by interpreting his name either as "he who abandoned idolatry" or as "who fattened calves for the sake of sacrifices to the idol". She is Peter Obi's sister. For most, he is considered to have converted to the Jewish faith. CONTENT. Sephora : The stranger is wise. [7], Last edited on 31 December 2022, at 17:44, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moses_Defends_Jethro%27s_Daughters&oldid=1130728719, This page was last edited on 31 December 2022, at 17:44. Shifra and Puah, two brave women who stood up against the powers in their country, who saw human beings where the Pharaoh saw a population of migrants threatening his country, who revered God and acted both morally and with compassion, remind us that we are not alone as Jews. Jethro is a naturally kind, jovial, good-natured man, who is faithful and optimistic. Wiesel raised an issue over whether Jethro rejoiced or trembled after hearing the report of Yahwehs victory over the Egyptians in Exodus 18:9. Apparently with some persuasion, he responded, and some of his people entered the Promised Land with Israel. Jethro Olive Deering Miriam Donald Curtis Mered Douglas Dumbrille Jannes Larry Dobkin Hur Ben Caleb Frank DeKova Abiram H.B. Jethro's daughter, Zipporah, became Moses's wife after Moses had fled Egypt, having killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew slave. When Moses showed up in Midian and admitted to Jethro that he was fleeing from Pharaoh, Jethrowho was an advisor to Pharaoh at the . When we first meet this man in Exodus 2:18 (ESV)we read, "When they came home to their father Reuel, he said" then we see in verse 21 that Moses marries one of "the man's" daughters named Zipporah. Dig into the illuminating world of the Bible with a BAS All-Access membership.