1. Exode 4:24–26 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

What did Zipporah do when she took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin?

Exode 4:24–26 (NEG79)

24 Pendant le voyage, en un lieu où Moïse passa la nuit, l'Eternel l'attaqua et voulut le faire mourir.

She circumcised their son. Maybe Moses was too ill to do it. Zipporah must have realized what was wrong, or Moses may have told her: their son was not circumcised yet. Maybe it refers to their oldest son, because in Exodus 4:22–23 the firstborn sons are mentioned. Maybe it refers to the youngest son (Eliezer). Moses did circumcise Gershom, but Zipporah did not agree so they did not circumcise Eliezer. Now she does agree, but she is angry and said, a bridegroom of blood.