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Jethro was the father-in-law of Moses and father of Zipporah. Jethro is first mentioned in the Bible in Exodus 2:16 where he is described as "a priest of Midian." He is also referred to as Reuel (v...

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Exodus 3:1: Now Moses kept the flock of Je’-thro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid’-i-an: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Ho’-reb.

The Bible scriptures reveal unto us the lands that were named after our forefathers' children. When Sarah bore no children, she gave Abraham her handmaid, Ha’-gar, to bear children, and Ish’-ma-el was born, who then had twelve sons born to him. (Gen 25:12-15) The Lord then appeared and stood with Abraham and promised him, Sarah thy wife shall bear a child, and shall call him Isaac. (Gen 17:1,16,19) The Lord said to Abraham as for Ishmael, “I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and I will make him fruitful and will multiply him with twelve princes, making him a great nation.” (Gen 17:20/21:18) Abraham then took a wife after Sarah passed away, and her name was Keturah, who bore him sons, Zimran, Jok’-shan, Me’-dan, Mid’-i-an, Ish’-bak, and Shu’-ah. Abraham then gave gifts to his concubines and sent them away from Isaac, his son, eastward, unto the east country, the Arabian Peninsula. (Gen 25:1-5)

Moses, when he fled from Pharaoh from Egypt, came into the Arabian Peninsula, and dwelt in the land of Midian, which was named after Abraham’s son of Keturah. Jethro was the priest in this land of Midian, having daughters who gave Moses, Zip-po’-rah, to be his wife. This was the land of the Arabian Peninsula, where Hagar, after she conceived in her womb, was despised in the eyes of Sarah, and she fled to a fountain of water in the wilderness on the way to Shur. The angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness on the way to Shur. The angel of the Lord said unto her to return to her mistress and submit herself under her hands. The angel of the Lord then said unto her, "I will multiply thy seed exceedingly. Behold, thou art with a child a son in your womb and shall call him Ish’-mael.” The wilderness route that she took, having fountains of water, was between Ka’-desh and Be’-red. This was the land Moses brought Israel through the Red Sea and went out into the wilderness of Shur. (Gen 16:5-7,14/Exo 15:22)

Exodus 18:2-4: Then Je’thro, Moses’ father in law, took Zip-po’-rah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, And her two; sons of which the name of the one was Ger’-shom; for he said, "I have been an alien in a strange land": And the name of the other was E-li-e’-zer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh; Nehemiah 2:19 But when San-bal’-lat the Hor’-o-nite, and To-bi’-ah the servant, the Am’-mon-ite, and Ge’shem the A-ra’-bi-an, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king?

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