Jethro. In the Hebrew Bible, Jethro or Reuel was Moses' father-in-law, a Kenite shepherd and priest of Midian.
In Exodus, Moses' father-in-law is initially referred to as Reuel but then as Jethro. He was the father of Hobab in the Book of Numbers 10:29.
He is also revered as the spiritual founder and chief prophet in his own right of the Druze religion and is considered an ancestor of all Druze. Jethro is called a priest of Midian and became father-in-law of Moses after he gave his daughter, Zipporah, in marriage to Moses.
He is introduced in Exodus 2:18. Jethro is recorded as living in Midian, a territory stretching along the eastern edge of the Gulf of Aqaba, northwestern Arabia.
Some believe Midian is within the Sinai Peninsula. Biblical maps from antiquity show Midian on both locations. Jethro's daughter, Zipporah, became Moses's wife after Moses had fled Egypt, having killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew slave. Having fled to Midian, Moses intervened in a water-access dispute between Jethro's seven daughters and the local shepherds; Jethro consequently invited Moses into his home and offered him hospitality. However, Moses remained conscious that he was a stranger in exile, naming his first son Gershom, meaning stranger there. Moses is said to have worked as a shepherd for Jethro for 40 years before returning to Egypt to lead the Hebrews to Canaan, the promised land. After
In Exodus, Moses' father-in-law is initially referred to as Reuel but then as Jethro. He was the father of Hobab in the Book of Numbers 10:29.
He is also revered as the spiritual founder and chief prophet in his own right of the Druze religion and is considered an ancestor of all Druze. Jethro is called a priest of Midian and became father-in-law of Moses after he gave his daughter, Zipporah, in marriage to Moses.
He is introduced in Exodus 2:18. Jethro is recorded as living in Midian, a territory stretching along the eastern edge of the Gulf of Aqaba, northwestern Arabia.
Some believe Midian is within the Sinai Peninsula. Biblical maps from antiquity show Midian on both locations. Jethro's daughter, Zipporah, became Moses's wife after Moses had fled Egypt, having killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew slave. Having fled to Midian, Moses intervened in a water-access dispute between Jethro's seven daughters and the local shepherds; Jethro consequently invited Moses into his home and offered him hospitality. However, Moses remained conscious that he was a stranger in exile, naming his first son Gershom, meaning stranger there. Moses is said to have worked as a shepherd for Jethro for 40 years before returning to Egypt to lead the Hebrews to Canaan, the promised land. After
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