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The sons of Ham, mentioned within the Book of Genesis, have been identified with nations in Africa (Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya), the Levant (Canaan), and Arabia. 2:20). Moses marries Zipporah during his time in Midian. I love the explanation it has answered my many questions. 99). 24:34, which speaks of a bill of divorce. Another view maintains that he separated from her orally (and therefore this was not a formal act of divorce) (Mehilta de-Rabbi Ishmael, Masekhta de-Amalek, Yitro 1). I will briefly discuss the staff of Moses because it has relevance to the marriage between Zipporah the Midianite and Moses. [19] It has been expressed by prominent Druze such as Amal Nasser el-Din[20] and Salman Tarif, who was a prominent Druze shaykh, that this makes the Druze related to the Jews through marriage. She circumcised her. Num. Zipporah noticed her husband was at risk and swiftly used a stone to cut their son's foreskin. Losing mine has been so painful, but I know that pain will be swallowed up in Christ at some point, but for now I have to suffer it. Josephus was a devout Jew, who lived just after the death of the Messiah, he had knowledge of all the historical information about Israel. The story is already difficult for the narrator, who adds a comment thathatan damimrefers to circumcision. It is an unfortunate thing that women in todays society are generally not willing to stick through the hard times. Thanks for the expository (article). Whose legs did she touch? Ibn Ezra on Exodus 18:2 : , : ( :). Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. : 247 Inspiration. 31 December 1999. Above you can see that Reuel (Jethro) was Moses father in law and the priest of Midian too. [4] Hobab is also the name of Jethro's son in Numbers 10:29 . In Gods eyes, it does not matter whether Moses' wife was a Midianite, Cushite or whatever "race" she was. When reading the scriptures youll find that Moses was married to Zipporah at the time when he was accused of being married to an Ethiopian. A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules).