unfoldingWord_en_tn/exo/18/01.md

# Moses' father-in-law

This refers to the father of the wife of Moses.

# took Zipporah, Moses' wife ... and her two sons

Possible meanings are 1) Jethro took Zipporah and her two sons to Moses, or 2) Jethro had earlier welcomed back Zipporah and her two sons.

# after he had sent her home

This is something Moses had done earlier. The full meaning of the can be made explicit. AT: "after Moses had sent her home to her parents" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Gershom

This is a son of Moses and Zipporah, whose name means "foreigner." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Eliezer

This is a son of Moses and Zipporah, whose name means "God is the one who helps me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Pharaoh's sword

This represents being killed by Pharaoh or Pharaoh's army. AT: "being killed by Pharaoh" or "being killed by Pharaoh's army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jethro]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/midian]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreigner]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pharaoh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Moses' father-in-law`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This refers to the father of the wife of Moses.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# took Zipporah, Moses' wife ... and her two sons`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) Jethro took Zipporah and her two sons to Moses, or 2) Jethro had earlier welcomed back Zipporah and her two sons.`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# after he had sent her home`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is something Moses had done earlier. The full meaning of the can be made explicit. AT: "after Moses had sent her home to her parents" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# Gershom`

			`This is a son of Moses and Zipporah, whose name means "foreigner." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`

			`# Eliezer`

			`This is a son of Moses and Zipporah, whose name means "God is the one who helps me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`

			`# Pharaoh's sword`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This represents being killed by Pharaoh or Pharaoh's army. AT: "being killed by Pharaoh" or "being killed by Pharaoh's army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# translationWords`

Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jethro]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/midian]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moses]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreigner]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pharaoh]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]`