Jethro

Description

Priest of Midian; father-in-law of Moses. Hosted Moses during his forty-year exile and gave him Zipporah in marriage. Counseled Moses to delegate judicial authority (Exodus 18). Called Reuel in Exodus 2:18 and Jethro from Exodus 3 onward.

Relationships

Family tree

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Moses

♂

Wilderness120 yrs

Zipporah

♀

Wilderness

Jethro

♂

Wilderness

Gershom

♂

Wilderness

Eliezer (son of Moses)

♂

Wilderness

Hobab son of Reuel

♂

Wilderness

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Notes

Reuel (Exodus 2:18) and Jethro (Exodus 3:1) are generally taken to be the same man; some readings treat Hobab (Numbers 10:29) as identical with Jethro, others as his son.