Gershom (son of Moses)

Also known as: Gershom · Family: Israelites · Role: son of Moses and Zipporah · First appears: Moses Marries Zipporah

When Zipporah bore Moses a son, Moses circumcised him and named him Gershom. On the journey toward Egypt, Gershom was circumcised by Zipporah after Hemah and the angels swallowed Moses; she touched Moses with the blood. After Aaron objected to bringing them to Egypt, Moses sent Gershom and the other children back to Jethro with Zipporah.

Relationship record

Life events

• Zipporah bore Moses a son, and Moses circumcised him and named him Gershom.(Moses Marries Zipporah)
  • With: Moses Zipporah
  • “When Zipporah bore him a son, Moses circumcised him, and called him Gershom, as a memorial of the wonder God had done for him,”
• Moses set out for Egypt with Zipporah and their children.(The Return To Egypt · 📍 Egypt)
  • With: Moses Zipporah
  • “At last Moses sallied forth upon his journey to Egypt, accompanied by his wife and his children.”
• Hemah and the angels swallowed Moses until Zipporah circumcised Gershom and touched Moses with the blood.(The Return To Egypt)
  • With: Moses Zipporah Hemah
  • “The angels Af and Hemah appeared and swallowed his whole body down to his feet, and they gave him up only after Zipporah, nimble as a ‘bird,’ circumcised her son Gershom, and touched the feet of her husband with the blood of the circumcision.”
• After Aaron objected to bringing them to Egypt, Moses sent his wife and sons back to Jethro.(The Return To Egypt)
  • With: Moses Zipporah Jethro
  • “Moses recognized that Aaron was right, and he sent his wife and his sons back to his father-in-law Jethro.”

Moses Marries Zipporah

• parent: Moses “When Zipporah bore him a son, Moses circumcised him, and called him Gershom, as a memorial of the wonder God had done for him”
• parent: Zipporah “When Zipporah bore him a son, Moses circumcised him, and called him Gershom, as a memorial of the wonder God had done for him”

The Return To Egypt

• parent: Zipporah “Zipporah, nimble as a ‘bird,’ circumcised her son Gershom”
• parent: Moses “The reason why their son had remained uncircumcised until then was that Jethro had made the condition, when he consented to the marriage of his daughter with Moses, that the first son of their union should be brought up as a Gentile.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume II. Made with Rho MD.