Back صفورة Arabic زيبورا ARZ জিপ্পোরাহ Bengali/Bangla ཚི་ཕོ་རཱ། Tibetan Zipora Breton Sèfora Catalan Sipora Czech Seffora Welsh Zippora German Σεπφώρα Greek
Zipporah | |
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צִפּוֹרָה | |
.jpg) Zipporah by John Ruskin after Botticelli, 1874 | |
| Known for | Wife of Moses |
| Spouse | Moses |
| Children | Gershom (son) Eliezer (son) |
| Parent | Jethro |
| Relatives | Six sisters Aaron (brother-in-law) Miriam (sister-in-law) |
Zipporah[a] is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro, the priest and prince of Midian.[1]
She is the mother of Moses' two sons: Eliezer, and Gershom.
In the Book of Chronicles, two of her grandsons are mentioned: Shebuel, son of Gershom; and Rehabiah, son of Eliezer (1 Chronicles 23:16–17).
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