Exodus 18: 1-6: “When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.”
Moses was trained in Pharaoh’s court and expected to be a senior man in the Egyptian government but he chose to suffer with Israel rather than enjoy the temporary pleasures of Egypt (see Heb 11: 24-26, “By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.” However, in spite of that he became a stranger in a strange land and even called his first child Gershom to show that he was. However, later, he called his second child Eliezer to show that God had saved him from Pharaoh’s power. At this stage of his life Moses’ family came to him so that they too could enjoy the greater riches associated with the Lord’s promises.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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