The name of the one was gershom for he said, i have been a sojourner in a foreign land, and the name of the other, eliezer for he said, the god of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of pharaoh. The circumcision of one or both of moses sons is one of those events. It said in the book that she at first refused to marry moses until he agreed to go back to egypt and rescue. Moses wants nothing more than a peaceful life with the midianites, but zipporah wont let moses forget his pastor turn away from his true destiny. The second volume of french novelist halters canaan trilogy sarah. Zipporah, wife of moses in the bible, a determined woman. Moses, fleeing from egypt, arrived in midian and sat down by a well. Read zipporah, wife of moses a novel by marek halter available from rakuten kobo.
She is the main character in marek halters novel zipporah, wife of moses 2005. After moses kills an egyptian, he flees from the pharaoh and settles among the midianites, an arab people who occupied desert areas in southern transjordan, northern arabia, and the sinai. However, nearly all scholars believe it was right after the events in ex 4. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the south zipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and sage of the midianites. To keep the peace, moses compromised with his unbelieving wife and withheld circumcision, the sign of gods covenant, from eliezer. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Our last influential woman, named zipporah, has a lot of mystery surrounding her story. On the way yahweh rebuked moses, either because he had not been circumcised before his.
They also claim there were two lands named cush in the time of moses. Zipporah is a midianite woman who becomes the wife of moses. Thanks to her, he would forget his fears and hear the message of god, bequeathing to mankind laws that, even today, protect the weak against the strong. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter, howard curtis. An outcast like herself, his name was moses and he was a fugitive from egypt. Jethro adores his adopted daughter and she becomes an honored member of his family, but zipporah is a cushitean africanand her blackness marks her blackness marks her as an outsider. But the color of zipporahs skin sets her apart, making her an outsider to the men of her. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the southzipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and. Zipporahs quick thinking and awareness of gods presence saved the life of moses. Powerful stories of women in the bible that reveal gods mercy and love from wellknown women like eve and esther to those lesser known like jochebed and zipporah, women of the bible play a vital role in gods timeless story of redemption. Of course, the you are my garden, my myrrh and honey, my nightly tonic, my black dove. Zipporah, moses ethiopian wife offered to begin a black skin. After moses had sent away his wife zipporah, his fatherinlaw jethro took her back, along with her two sons.
In the book of chronicles, two of her grandsons are mentioned. The definition and outline of zipporah is as follows. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read zipporah, wife of moses. Without zipporah, moses would never have lived to lead the people of god out of egyptian bondage. From the internationally bestselling author of sarah comes the riveting story of the remarkable woman who walked beside moses. Then zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his moses feet. Zipporah, the wife of moses, was one of the seven daughters of reuel, a midianite priest, who was also called jethro exodus 3. Moses was aware of zipporahs qualities and therefore took her for a wife. She appears to have returned with her children to her fathers house. When moses returned to egypt, zipporah and her sons accompanied him. Now jethro, moses fatherinlaw, had taken zipporah, moses wife, after he had sent her home, along with her two sons. At the well with her lightskinned stepsisters, zipporah is intrigued by the. This time is necessary for searching and sorting links. Examples include the films the ten commandments 1956, the prince of egypt 1998 and exodus.
Later, zipporah had another son named eliezer exodus 18. Zipporah obedience that matters the christian post. Her father jethro was the priest of midian, and it was he that gave zipporah to moses to marry. Midian was probably an ethiopian province, because moses wife was an ethiopian woman. Mosess wife, zipporah, saved moses life by circumcising one of her sons to turn gods wrath from moses. The second volume of french novelist halters canaan trilogy sarah, 2004 shows zipporah, the daughter of midian high priest jethro, meeting the fugitive moses on his flight out of egypt. Why, and when, did moses send his wife and sons back to jethro. Moses, a jew, apparently married a black african and was approved by god. Zipporah, the daughter of jethro and wife of moses, is only mentioned in three passages of scripture. Zipporah s quick thinking and awareness of gods presence saved the life of moses. The lord intervened, and as a sign of divine displeasure, moses is stricken with a mortal disease. Oh zipporah, you are my love and the words that save me. When god reveals himself to moses in a burning bush, his words echo zipporahs, and moses returns to egypt with his passionate and generous wife by his side.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. One button 15 links for downloading the book zipporah, wife of moses in all ebook formats. Sometimes in scripture we run across strange events that have no explanation as to what led up to them happening. Jan 25, 2008 a new novel, zipporah, wife of moses, by marek halter, puts a fictionalized spin on zipporah by making her the cushite or ethiopian wife of moses. The name of the one was gershom for he said, i have been an alien in a foreign land, and the name of the other, eliezer for he said, the god of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of pharaoh. Zipporah, moses ethiopian wife offered to begin a black. From the internationally bestselling author of sarah comes the riveting story of the remarkable woman who walked beside. Midian was a son of abraham and his 3rd wife keturah genesis 25. A woman ahead of her time, zipporah leaps from the pages of this remarkable novel.
Zipporah, wife of moses king county library system. Jul 19, 2017 the daughter of a priest of midian, zipporah became moses wife during his fortyyear exile from egypt, eventually accompanying him and the rest of israel into the wilderness. Zipporah by marek halter overdrive rakuten overdrive. A woman ahead of her time, zipporah leaps from the. Zipporah realizes that this man will be the husband and partner she never thought she would have. Zipporah, wife of moses ebook by marek halter rakuten kobo. His name is moses and although he was raised in the house of the pharaoh, he is a hebrew, a member of the slave class, and he has fled egypt after killing one of the pharaohs overseers. Gershoms name was a reminder that moses was a foreigner and living among foreigners. What we can say for certain here, i believe, is that whatever else one wants to read into zipporahs actions, she was upset with moses and only performed the circumcision on her sons under the duress of the moment. While he was resting, reuels daughters came to water their fathers flocks. But, one day, while drawing water from well zipporah meets a stranger, a fugitive from egypt who is tormented by his past. Bible study online god tries to kill moses reality.
What we can say for certain here, i believe, is that whatever else one wants to read into zipporah s actions, she was upset with moses and only performed the circumcision on her sons under the duress of the moment. Jun 10, 2017 zipporah was the wife that gave birth to the two sons of moses. A cushite is from cush, a region south of ethiopia, where the people are known for their black skin. And judging by her actions, zipporah didnt believe that it was necessary to do all that moses was asking.
Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered. Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered is the title given to an article by beth brophy in the jan. The mention of moses wife zipporah in the bible is actually so few i think it can be counted on one hand. Part of a fresco of zipporah and sons in sistine chapel in the vatican. Fanciful version of the fatal encounter between african princess zipporah and young moses, in a breathy, atmospheric translation. When god reveals himself to moses in a burning bush, his words echo zipporah s, and moses returns to egypt with his passionate and generous wife by his side. So instead of forcing the issue, moses backed off and compromised his position with god and allowed zipporah to have her way. Pdf this essay examines the story in which miriam and aaron complain against moses in numbers 12.
Moses and his wife are traveling to egypt because god had told moses to bring the israelites out of bondage exodus 3. And moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of egypt. On his return to egypt, moses was accompanied by his wife, who saved him from great danger during their journey ib. There is also reference to where zipporah is mentioned in the holy bible. According to the old testament she was the wife of moses and the daughter of jethro, a priest of. Later in the book of exodus, there is a strange passage involving zipporah.
Moses siblings, miriam and aaron confront their brother hes married a cushite woman, an african, and. Little known women of the bible download ebook pdf, epub. Editions of zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter. Her mother died and jethro raised her as his daughter. Without her, the hebrews would never have left egypt and settled in canaan. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading zipporah, wife of moses. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. Orphaned shortly after birth, the infant zippoarch is taken in by jethro, high priest and sage of the midianites, a tribe of the arabian peninsula. Moses two sons are black and work among the levi priestly. Zipporah was one of seven midianite sisters that mistook moses for an egyptian after he saved them from the men at the well exodus 2.
From the internationally bestselling author of sarah comes the riveting story of the remarkable woman who walked beside moses although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the southzipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and sage of the midianites. Press button get download links and wait 20 seconds. But in numbers 12 we encounter an uncomfortable story. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter overdrive rakuten. A new novel, zipporah, wife of moses, by marek halter, puts a fictionalized spin on zipporah by making her the cushite or ethiopian wife of moses. And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the lord met him moses, and sought to kill him. She refuses to marry him until he returns to egypt to free his people. We learn in numbers that miriam and aaron spoke against moses because of the cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a cushite woman num. A passionate lover and a generous wife, zipporah the black, the stranger, the nonjew, was to share moses destiny. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the south zipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and. Zipporah or tzipora is mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses, and the daughter.
Her sons became capable administrators in davids kingdom. From the internationally bestselling author of sarah comes the riveting story of. Both zipporah and moses became consciencestricken over the profanation of gods covenant, and zipporah yields. In the story moses rescues the daughters of jethro at the well and one, zipporah was adopted by jethro when her boat floated on the sea of reeds with zipporah and her mother. It is not possible to know for sure from scripture when moses sent his wife zipporah, and two sons gershom the oldest. A hebrew raised in the house of the egyptian pharaoh, moses is a fugitive, forced to flee his homeland. The daughter of a priest of midian, zipporah became moses wife during his fortyyear exile from egypt, eventually accompanying him and the rest of israel into the wilderness. Moses two sons are black and work among the levi priestly order. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the southzipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and sage of the midianites. I just finished reading a novel, zipporah, wife of moses.
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