Sage-Tips

Is Gershom still alive?

Deceased
Gershom/Living or Deceased

Who were the two sons of Moses?

They marry and have two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. A few years later, after God speaks to Moses through a burning bush, Moses sets out with his family to return to Egypt to free his people from slavery.

When was Gershom born?

Gershom ben Judah, (born c. 960, Metz, Lorraine [now in France]—died 1028/40, Mainz, Franconia [Germany]), eminent rabbinical scholar who proposed a far-reaching series of legal enactments (taqqanot) that profoundly molded the social institutions of medieval European Jewry.

Who were Gershon’s sons?

Shimei
Gershon/Sons

What happened to Gershom son of Moses?

The firstborn son of Moses by Zipporah; born in Midian. The passage in Exodus concerning Moses and Zipporah at a night camp appears to suggest that some being, possibly God or an angel, attacks either Gershom or Moses, until a circumcision is carried out by Zipporah on Gershom.

Did Moses have a brother?

Aaron
Moses/Brothers

Why Aaron, Moses’s brother, worshiped a Canaanite god. When Moses climbed Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, his brother Aaron helped the Israelites build a Canaanite idol to worship.

Where is Gershom mentioned in the Bible?

Early in the book of Exodus, we learn of the birth of Moses’ first child: “Moses agreed to stay with the man [Reuel/Jethro, priest of Midian], and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage. She bore him a son; and he named him Gershom, saying, ‘I have been a stranger [ger] in a strange land’.” (Exodus 2:21-22.)

Who was Moses grandson?

Shebuelvia Gershom
Moses/Grandsons

What does Gershom mean in Hebrew?

a sojourner there
According to the Bible, Gershom (גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ Gēršōm, “a sojourner there”; Latin: Gersam) was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The name means “a stranger there” in Hebrew, ( גר שם‎ ger sham), which the text argues was a reference to Moses’ flight from Egypt.