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How did Moses family end up in Egypt?
The Pharaoh had commanded that all male Hebrew children born would be drowned in the river Nile, but Moses’s mother placed him in an ark and concealed the ark in the bulrushes by the riverbank, where the baby was discovered and adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, and raised as an Egyptian.
Did Moses have 2 wives in the Bible?
Moses’ wife is referred to as a Cushite in Numbers 12. Interpretations differ on whether this Cushite wife was one and the same as Zipporah, or another woman, and whether he was married to them simultaneously (which would make him a polygamist) or successively.
What happened to Moses’ sons?
After the Jews left Egypt, Moses ’ sons (Gershom and Eliezer ), along with their mother ( Zipporah) and grandfather ( Jethro ), rejoined their father in the desert. This is the last overt mention of Moses’ sons in the Torah. 1
Do we know anything about Moses’ descendants?
Do we know anything about Moses ’ descendants? Did they enter the Land of Israel with everyone else? After the Jews left Egypt, Moses’ sons (Gershom and Eliezer ), along with their mother ( Zipporah) and grandfather ( Jethro ), rejoined their father in the desert.
Who was Moses’s wife?
Dr. W. A. Criswell, in the Criswell Study Bible, says: “It is possible Zipporah the Midianite was the only wife Moses had and the terms “Cushan” and “Midian” may be synonymous.” Whatever the case, there is no further reference in the Bible to either Moses’ wife, Zipporah, or his sons, Gershom and Eliezer. We do not know when or how they died.
Did Moses’ father marry his own aunt?
Moses’ father married his own aunt, basically. This is forbidden in God’s Law, the Torah, that Moses would receive from God only a short while later. Leviticus 18 (verses 12 and 16) makes it quite clear that marrying your aunt is off limits.