Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. {a prince: Heb. a man, a prince}

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

And she bare {him} a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. {Gershom: that is, A stranger here}

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: {Gershom: that is A stranger there}