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What does Exodus 18:2 mean?

"Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,"

— Exodus 18:2 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.

2

Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,

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and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.

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The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

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Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

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