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Gershom. According to the Bible, Gershom ( גֵּרְשֹׁם Gēršōm, "a sojourner there"; Latin: Gersam) was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. [1] The name means "a stranger there" in Hebrew, ( גר שם ger sham ), which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt. Biblical scholars regard the name as being ...
Shebuel ( Hebrew: שְׁבוּאֵל Šəḇū’ēl) was a descendant of Gershom, the son of Moses and Zipporah. He, along with his kinsman Rehabiah a descendant of Eliezer, were described as chiefs and included in the Tribe of Levi. [1] Shebuel is also described as "ruler of the treasures". [2] His name means "captive of God" or "returned of ...
Gershon. According to the Torah, Gershon ( Hebrew: גֵּרְשׁוֹן Gērǝšôn) was the eldest of the sons of Levi, [1] and the patriarchal founder of the Gershonites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in biblical times. The Gershonites were charged with the care of the outer tabernacle including components such as the tent ...
The son of Moses. Eliezer was Moses 's and Zipporah 's second son. His name means "Help of my God" in Hebrew . The verse in the Book of Exodus (18:4) states: The name of the (other) son was Eliezer, because 'My father's God ( Elohei Avi) was my helper ( Bi'ezeri ), rescuing me from Pharaoh 's sword. Both Gershom and Eliezer were born during the ...
Zipporah at the inn. The Circumcision of son of Moses, Jan Baptist Weenix c. 1640. Zipporah at the Inn is the name given to an episode alluded to in three verses in the 4th chapter of the Book of Exodus. The much-debated passage is one of the more perplexing conundrums of the Torah due to ambiguous references through pronouns and phrases with ...
Even though Moses prayed to have the decree to blot out the Israelites' name repealed, and God did nullify that decree, God fulfilled God's promise that Moses' descendants would become a nation mightier and greater than the 600,000 Israelites in the desert. 1 Chronicles 23:15–17 says, "The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer . . . and the sons ...
Children of Moses. Children of Moses ( Hebrew: בני משה) were legendary descendants of Moses who lived beyond the mythical River Sambation. Most of information about them come from Arabic sources (where they are called Banu Musa ), of whom Eldad ha-Dani is believed to be the main source. [1] [2]
The Gershonites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Bible claims that the Gershonites were all descended from the eponymous Gershon a son of Levi (not to be confused with Moses' son Gershom), although some biblical scholars regard this as a postdictional metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the clan to others in the Israelite ...