how old was zipporah when she married moses
Zipporah - wikipedia Zipporah Jump to : navigation , search <Th_colspan="2"> Zipporah <Td_colspan="2"> Detail from Moses Leaving to Egypt by Pietro Perugino , c. 1482 . Zipporah is in blue . Spouse ( s ) Moses Children Gershom Eliezer Parent ( s ) Jethro Relatives six sisters Aaron ( brother - in - law ) Miriam ( sister - in - law ) Zipporah or Tzipora ( / ˈzɪp. ər. ə / or / zɪpˈɔːr. ə / ; Hebrew : צִפוֹרָה ‬ , Tzipporah , `` bird '' ) is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses , and the daughter of Reuel / Jethro , the priest or prince of Midian and the spiritual founder and ancestor of the Druze . In the Book of Chronicles , two of her descendants are mentioned : Shebuel , son of Gershom , and Rehabiah , son of Eliezer . Contents ( hide ) 1 Biblical narrative 1.1 Background 1.2 Incident at the Inn 1.3 The Exodus 1.4 Family tree 2 Druze 3 In fiction 4 Notes 5 References 6 Further reading Biblical narrative ( edit ) The Daughters of Jethro , Théophile Hamel , ca 1850 Background ( edit ) In the Hebrew Bible Zipporah was one of the seven daughters of Jethro , a Kenite shepherd who was a priest of Midian . In Exodus 2 : 18 Jethro is also referred to as Reuel and referred to as Hobab in the Book of Judges . ( Judges 4 : 11 ) . ( Hobab was also the name of Jethro 's son as recorded in Numbers 10 : 29 . ) While the Israelites / Hebrews were captives in Egypt , Moses killed an Egyptian who was striking a Hebrew , for which offense Pharaoh sought to kill Moses . Moses therefore fled from Egypt and arrived in Midian . One day while he sat by a well , Reuel 's daughters came to water their father 's flocks . Other shepherds arrived and drove the girls away so they could water their own flocks first . Moses defended the girls and watered their flock . Upon their return home their father asked them , `` How is it that you have come home so early today ? '' The girls answered , `` An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds ; he even drew water for us and watered the flock . '' `` Where is he then ? '' Reuel asked them . `` Why did you leave the man ? Invite him for supper to break bread . '' ( Exodus 2 : 18 -- 20 ) . Reuel then gave Moses Zipporah as his wife ( Exodus 2 : 21 ) . Incident at the inn ( edit ) Main article : Zipporah at the inn After God commanded Moses to return to Egypt to free the Israelites , Moses took his wife and sons and started his journey . On the road , they stayed in an inn , where God came to kill Moses ( Exodus 4 : 24 - 27 ) . Zipporah quickly circumcised her son with a sharp stone and touched Moses ' feet with the foreskin , saying `` Surely You are a husband of blood to me ! '' God then left Moses alone ( Exodus 4 : 25 - 26 ) . The details of the passage are unclear and subject to debate . The Exodus ( edit ) Miriam and Aaron complain against Moses , engraving from 1908 After Moses succeeded in taking the Israelites out of Egypt , and won a battle against Amalek , Reuel came to the Hebrew camp in the wilderness of Sinai , bringing with him Zipporah , Gershom , and Eliezer . The Bible does not say when Zipporah and her sons rejoined Reuel / Jethro , only that after he heard of what God did for the Israelites , he brought Moses ' family to him . The most common translation is that Moses sent her away , but another grammatically permissible translation is that she sent things or persons , perhaps the announcement of the victory over Amalek . The word that makes this difficult is shelucheiha , the sendings ( away ) of her . Moses wife is referred to as a Cushite in Numbers 12 . In the story Aaron and Miriam harshly criticize Moses ' marriage to a Cushite or Kushite woman after he returned to Egypt to set the children of Israel free . Cushites were of the ancestry of either Kush ( a.k.a. Nubia ) in northeast Africa , or Arabians . The sons of Ham , mentioned within the Book of Genesis have been identified with nations in Africa ( Ethiopia , Egypt , Libya ) , the Levant ( Canaan ) , and Arabia . The Midianites themselves were later on depicted at times in non-Biblical sources as dark - skinned and called Kushim , a Hebrew word used to for dark skinned Africans . 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Moses was allowed to wed Zipporah , the daughter of Jethro , after helping save his daughters and their flock from competing herdsmen . It has been expressed by such prominent Druze such as Amal Nasereldeen and Salman Tarif , who was a prominent Druze shaykh , that this makes the Druze related to the Jews through marriage . This view has been used to represent an element of the special relationship between Israeli Jews and Druze . In Fiction ( edit ) Zipporah appears as a character in films such as The Ten Commandments ( 1956 ) , The Prince of Egypt ( 1998 ) and Exodus : Gods and Kings ( 2014 ) . She is the main character in Marek Halter 's novel Zipporah , Wife of Moses ( 2005 ) . Notes ( edit ) Jump up ^ Greek : Σεπφώρα , Sepphōra ; Arabic : صفورة ‎ , Ṣaffūrah References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Harwood , Edith ( 1907 ) . Notable pictures in Rome . J.M. Dent . p. 6 . ^ Jump up to : Corduan , Winfried ( 2013 ) . Neighboring Faiths : A Christian Introduction to World Religions . p. 107 . ISBN 0 - 8308 - 7197 - 7 . ^ Jump up to : Mackey , Sandra ( 2009 ) . Mirror of the Arab World : Lebanon in Conflict . p. 28 . ISBN 0 - 3933 - 3374 - 4 . Jump up ^ Lev , David ( 25 October 2010 ) . `` MK Kara : Druze are Descended from Jews '' . Israel National News . Arutz Sheva . Retrieved 13 April 2011 . ^ Jump up to : Blumberg , Arnold ( 1985 ) . Zion Before Zionism : 1838 - 1880 . Syracuse , NY : Syracuse University Press . p. 201 . ISBN 0 - 8156 - 2336 - 4 . ^ Jump up to : Rosenfeld , Judy ( 1952 ) . Ticket to Israel : An Informative Guide . p. 290 . Jump up ^ 1 Chronicles 23 : 16 - 17 Jump up ^ Harris , Stephen L. , Understanding the Bible . Palo Alto : Mayfield. 1985 . Jump up ^ `` Exodus 2 - Passage Lookup - New International Version - BibleGateway.com '' . biblegateway.com . Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 05 . Jump up ^ `` Judges 4 / Hebrew - English Bible / Mechon - Mamre '' . mechon-mamre.org . Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 05 . Jump up ^ Ex. 18 : 2 Jump up ^ `` Numbers 12 : 1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife , for he had married a Cushite '' . biblehub.com . Retrieved 10 February 2018 . Jump up ^ David M. Goldenberg . The curse of Ham : race and slavery in early Judaism , Christianity , and Islam , chapter 8 . p. 124 . Jump up ^ Israël Shahak . Jewish history , Jewish religion : the weight of three thousand years . p. 25 Jump up ^ Lev , David ( 25 October 2010 ) . `` MK Kara : Druze are Descended from Jews '' . Israel National News . Arutz Sheva . Retrieved 23 March 2015 . Jump up ^ Nettler ( 1998 ) . Muslim - Jewish Encounters . p. 139 . ISBN 1 - 1344 - 0854 - 4 . Jump up ^ Mordechai Nisan ( 1 Jan 2002 ) . Minorities in the Middle East : A History of Struggle and Self - Expression , 2d ed . McFarland . p. 282 . ISBN 9780786451333 . Jump up ^ Eugene L. Rogan ; Avi Shlaim ( 2001 ) . The War for Palestine : Rewriting the History of 1948 ( illustrated , reprint ed . ) . Cambridge University Press . p. 72 . ISBN 9780521794763 . Jump up ^ Alex Weingrod ( 1 Jan 1985 ) . Studies in Israeli Ethnicity : After the Ingathering . Taylor & Francis . p. 273 . ISBN 9782881240072 . Jump up ^ Thomas , Bob ( 12 January 2007 ) . `` Yvonne De Carlo , 84 ; Said Her ' Munsters ' Role Made Her Hot '' . Retrieved 7 March 2018 -- via www.washingtonpost.com . Jump up ^ `` Fiction Book Review : Zipporah , Wife of Moses by Marek Halter , Author , trans . from the French by Howard Curtis . Crown $23 ( 288p ) ISBN 978 - 1 - 4000 - 5279 - 0 '' . Retrieved 10 February 2018 . Further reading ( edit ) Pardes , Ilana ( 1992 ) . `` Zipporah and the Struggle for Deliverance '' in Countertraditions in the Bible : A Feminist Approach . Cambridge : Harvard University Press . ISBN 9780674175426 Piper , John ( September 2007 ) . `` Did Moses Marry a Black Woman ? '' . 9Marks . <Th_colspan="2"> People and things in the Quran <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> ( hide ) Characters Non-humans Allâh ( `` The God '' ) Names of Allah found in the Quran Beings in Paradise Ghilmān or Wildān Ḥūr Animals Related The baqarah ( cow ) of Israelites The dhi'b ( wolf ) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph The fīl ( elephant ) of the Abyssinians ) Ḥimār ( Domesticated donkey ) The hud - hud ( hoopoe ) of Solomon The kalb ( dog ) of the sleepers of the cave The nāqaṫ ( she - camel ) of Saleh The nūn ( fish or whale ) of Jonah Non-related Ḥimār ( Wild ass ) Qaswarah ( ' Lion ' , ' Beast of prey ' or ' Hunter ' ) Jinns ' Ifrîṫ ( `` Strong one '' ) Mârid ( `` Rebellious one '' ) Iblīs the Shayṭān ( Devil ) Qarīn Prophets Mentioned Ādam ( Adam ) Al - Yasa ' ( Elisha ) Ayyūb ( Job ) Dāwūd ( David ) Dhūl - Kifl ( Ezekiel ? ) Hārūn ( Aaron ) Hūd ( Eber ? ) Idrīs ( Enoch ? ) Ilyās ( Elijah ) ' Imrān ( Joachim the father of Maryam ) Is - ḥāq ( Isaac ) Ismā'īl ( Ishmael ) Dhabih Ullah Isma'il Ṣādiq al - Wa 'd ( Fulfiller of the Promise ) Lūṭ ( Lot ) Ṣāliḥ Shu'ayb ( Jethro , Reuel or Hobab ? ) Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd ( Solomon son of David ) ' Uzair ( Ezra ? ) Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā ( John the Baptist the son of Zechariah ) Ya'qūb ( Jacob ) Isrâ'îl ( Israel ) Yūnus ( Jonah ) Dhūn - Nūn ( `` He of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' or `` Owner of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' ) Ṣāḥib al - Ḥūṫ ( `` Companion of the Whale '' ) Yūsuf ibn Ya'qūb ( Joseph son of Jacob ) Zakariyyā ( Zechariah ) Ulu - l - ' Azm Muḥammad Aḥmad Other names and titles of Muhammad ʿĪsā ( Jesus ) Al - Masīḥ ( The Messiah ) Ibn Maryam ( Son of Mary ) Mūsā Kalīmullāh ( Moses He who spoke to God ) Ibrāhīm Khalīlullāh ( Abraham Friend of God ) Nūḥ ( Noah ) Debatable ones Dhūl - Qarnain ( Cyrus the Great ? ) Luqmân Maryam ( Mary ) Ṭâlûṫ ( Saul or Gideon ? ) Implied Irmiyā ( Jeremiah ) Ṣamû'îl ( Samuel ) Yūsha ' ibn Nūn ( Joshua , companion and successor of Moses ) People of Prophets Evil ones Āzar ( possibly Terah ) Fir'awn ( Pharaoh of Moses ' time ) Hāmān Jâlûṫ ( Goliath ) Qārūn ( Korah , cousin of Moses ) As - Sāmirī Abî Lahab Slayers of Saleh 's she - camel ( Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda ' ibn Dahr ) Good ones Adam 's immediate relatives Martyred son Wife Believer of Ya - Sin Family of Noah Father Lamech Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos Luqman 's son People of Aaron and Moses Believer of Fir'aun Family ( Hizbil / Hizqil ibn Sabura ) Imra'aṫ Fir'awn ( Âsiyá bint Muzâḥim or Bithiah ) Khidr Magicians of the Pharaoh Moses ' wife Moses ' sister - in - law Mother Sister People of Abraham Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo Ishmael 's mother Isaac 's mother People of Jesus Disciples ( including Peter ) Mary 's mother Zechariah 's wife People of Joseph Brothers ( including Binyāmin ( Benjamin ) and Simeon ) Egyptians ' Azîz ( Potiphar , Qatafir or Qittin ) Malik ( King Ar - Rayyân ibn Al - Walîd ) ) Wife of ' Azîz ( Zulaykhah ) Mother People of Solomon Mother Queen of Sheba Vizier Zayd Implied or not specified Abrahah Bal'am / Balaam Barsisa Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua Luqman 's son Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Rahmah the wife of Ayyub Shaddad Groups Mentioned Aş - ḥāb al - Jannah People of Paradise People of the Burnt Garden Aş - ḥāb as - Sabṫ ( Companions of the Sabbath ) Christian apostles Ḥawāriyyūn ( Disciples of Jesus ) Companions of Noah 's Ark Aş - ḥāb al - Kahf war - Raqīm ( Companions of the Cave and Al - Raqaim ? Companions of the Elephant People of al - Ukhdūd People of a township in Surah Ya - Sin People of Yathrib or Medina Qawm Lûṭ ( People of Sodom and Gomorrah ) Nation of Noah Tribes , ethnicities or families A'rāb ( Arabs or Bedouins ) ʿĀd ( people of Hud ) Companions of the Rass Qawm Ṫubba ' ( People of Tubba ' ) People of Saba ' or Sheba Quraysh Thamûd ( people of Saleh ) Aṣ - ḥâb al - Ḥijr ( `` Companions of the Stoneland '' ) Ajam Ar - Rûm ( literally `` The Romans '' ) Banî Isrâ'îl ( Children of Israel ) Mu'ṫafikāṫ ( The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah ) People of Ibrahim People of Ilyas People of Nuh People of Shuaib Ahl Madyan People of Madyan ) Aṣ - ḥāb al - Aykah ( `` Companions of the Wood '' ) Qawm Yûnus ( People of Jonah ) Ya'juj and Ma'juj / Gog and Magog Ahl al - Bayṫ ( `` People of the Household '' ) Household of Abraham Brothers of Yūsuf Daughters of Abraham 's nephew Lot ( Ritha , Za'ura , et al . ) Progeny of Imran Household of Moses Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul - Muttalib ibn Hashim Daughters of Muhammad Wives of Muhammad Household of Salih People of Fir'aun Current Ummah of Islam ( Ummah of Muhammad ) Aṣ - ḥāb Muḥammad ( Companions of Muhammad ) Muhajirun ( Emigrants ) Anṣār Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers , literally ' Helpers ' ) People of Mecca Umm Jamil ( wife of Abu Lahab ) Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ( son of Adam ) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah / Waala ( wife of Nuh ) Walihah or Wahilah ( wife of Lut ) Ya'jūj wa Ma'jūj ( Gog and Magog ) Yam or Kan'an ( son of Nuh ) Implicitly mentioned Amalek Ahl al - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Aus & Khazraj People of Quba Religious groups Ahl al - dhimmah ( Dhimmi ) Kâfirûn ( Infidels ) Zoroastrians Munāfiq ūn ( Hypocrites ) Muslims People of the Book ( Ahl al - Kiṫāb ) Naṣārā ( Christian ( s ) or People of the Injil ) Ruhban ( Christian monks ) Qissis ( Christian priest ) Yahūd ( Jews ) Ahbār ( Jewish scholars ) Rabbani / Rabbi Sabians Polytheists Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot Locations Mentioned Al - Arḍ Al - Mubārakah ( `` The Land The Blessed '' ) Al - Arḍ Al - Muqaddasah ( `` The Land The Holy '' ) In the Arabian Peninsula ( excluding Madyan ) Al - Aḥqāf ( `` The Sandy Plains , '' or `` the Wind - curved Sand - hills '' ) Iram dhāṫ al - ' Imād ( Iram of the Pillars ) Al - Madīnah ( formerly Yathrib ) ' Arafāṫ Al - Ḥijr ( Hegra ) Badr Ḥunayn Makkah ( Mecca ) Bakkah Ka'bah ( Kaaba ) Maqām Ibrāhīm ( Station of Abraham ) Safa and Marwah Saba ' ( Sheba ) ' Arim Saba ' ( Dam of Sheba ) Rass Jahannam ( Hell ) Jannah ( Paradise , literally ' Garden ' ) In Mesopotamia : Al - Jūdiyy Munzalanm - Mubārakan ( `` Place - of - Landing Blessed '' ) Bābil ( Babylon ) Qaryaṫ Yūnus ( `` Township of Jonah , '' that is Nineveh ) Door of Hittah Madyan ( Midian ) Majma ' al - Bahrain Miṣr ( Mainland Egypt ) Salsabîl ( A river in Paradise ) Sinai Region or Tīh Desert Al - Wād Al - Muqaddas Ṭuwan ( The Holy Valley of Tuwa ) Al - Wādil - Ayman ( The valley on the ' righthand ' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai ) Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor Implied Antioch Antakya Arabia Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas & ' Ariha Bilād ar - Rāfidayn ( Mesopotamia ) Canaan Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār al - Nadwa Al - Ḥijāz ( literally `` The Barrier '' ) Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) & Al - Hijr of Isma'il Cave of Hira & Ghar al - Thawr ( Cave of the Bull ) Ta'if Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Nile River Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Mihrab Monastery Masjid ( Mosque , literally `` Place of Prostration '' ) Al - Mash'ar Al - Ḥarām ( `` The Monument the Sacred '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Aqṣā ( Al - Aqsa Mosque , literally `` The Place - of - Prostration The Farthest '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Ḥarām ( The Sacred Mosque of Mecca ) Masjid al - Dirar A Mosque in the area of Medina , possibly : Masjid Qubâ ' ( Quba Mosque ) The Prophet 's Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Plant matter Fruits Ḥabb dhul - ' aṣf ( Corn of the husk ) Rummān ( Pomegranate ) Ṫīn ( Fig ) Ukul khamṭ ( Bitter fruit or food of Sheba ) Zayṫūn ( Olive ) In Paradise Forbidden fruit of Adam Bushes , trees or plants Plants of Sheba Athl ( Tamarisk ) Sidr ( lote - tree ) Līnah ( Tender palm tree ) Nakhl ( date palm ) Rayḥān ( Scented plant ) Sidraṫ al - Munṫahā Zaqqūm Texts Al - Injîl ( The Gospel of Jesus ) Al - Qur'ân ( The Book of Muhammad ) Ṣuḥuf - i Ibrâhîm ( Scroll ( s ) of Abraham ) Aṫ - Ṫawrâṫ ( The Torah ) Ṣuḥuf - i - Mûsâ ( Scroll ( s ) of Moses ) Tablets of Stone Az - Zabûr ( The Psalms of David ) Umm al - Kiṫâb ( `` Mother of the Book ( s ) '' ) Objects of people or beings Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles Noah 's Ark Staff of Musa Ṫābūṫ as - Sakīnah ( Casket of Shekhinah ) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols ( cult images ) ' Ansāb Idols of Israelites : Baal The ' ijl ( golden calf statue ) of Israelites Idols of Noah 's people : Nasr Suwā ' Wadd Yaghūth Ya'ūq Idols of Quraysh : Al - Lāṫ Al - ' Uzzá Manāṫ Jibṫ and Ṭâghûṫ Celestial bodies Maṣābīḥ ( literally ' lamps ' ) : Al - Qamar ( The Moon ) Kawâkib ( Planets ) Al - Arḍ ( The Earth ) Nujūm ( Stars ) Ash - Shams ( The Sun ) Liquids Mā ' ( Water or fluid ) Nahr ( River ) Yamm ( River or sea ) Sharâb ( Drink ) Events Battle of al - Aḥzāb ( `` the Confederates '' ) Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Tabouk Battle of Uhud Conquest of Mecca Incident of Ifk Laylat al - Mabit Mubahala Sayl al - ' Arim ( Flood of the Great Dam of Marib in Sheba ) The Farewell Pilgrimage ( Hujja al - Wada ' ) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Umrah al - Qaza Yawm al - Dār Implied Event of Ghadir Khumm <Td_colspan="2"> Note : The names are sorted alphabetically . Standard form : Islamic name / Biblical name ( title or relationship ) <Th_colspan="2"> Important women in Islam Generations of Adam Hawwa Generations of Ibrāhīm and his sons Sarah Hājar Rebecca Rāḥīl Generation of Mūsa Asiya Jochebed Miriam Ṣaffūrah Reign of Kings Bilquis , the Queen of Sheba House of Amram Hannah Mariam Elizabeth Time of Muhammad Aminah Khadija bint Khuwaylid Mothers of the Believers Fatimah Zaynab bint Ali Early Sufism Rabi'a al - ' Adawiyya Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zipporah&oldid=834380531 '' Categories : Book of Exodus Converts to Judaism from paganism Judaism and women Moses Torah people Women in the Hebrew Bible Hidden categories : Articles containing Greek - language text Articles containing Arabic - language text Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from April 2014 Articles with hCards Articles containing Hebrew - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia བོད ་ ཡིག Brezhoneg Català Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Euskara فارسی Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Kiswahili Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska தமிழ் Türkçe Українська اردو ייִדיש 20 more Edit links This page was last edited on 5 April 2018 , at 12 : 34 . 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1. Zipporah - wife of Moses
2. Daughter of Jethro
3. Marriage to Moses
4. Circumcision incident
5. Relationship to the Druze religion