2 When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
3 along with her two sons. The one son was named Gershom [Foreigner], because Moses said, “I was a foreigner living in another country.”
4 The name of the other was Eliezer [My God Is a Helper], because he said, “My father’s God was my helper. He saved me from Pharaoh’s death sentence.”
5 Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought Moses’ sons and wife to Moses in the desert where he was camped near the mountain of God.
6 Jethro had sent word to Moses, “I’m coming to ⌊visit⌋ you, ⌊and I’m bringing⌋ your wife and her two sons.”
7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. Moses bowed with his face touching the ground and kissed Jethro. After they asked each other how they were, they went into the tent.
8 Moses told his father-in-law everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel, all the hardships they had had on the way, and how the Lord had saved them.