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8. He Was the Son of Nimrod. An ancient Targum 12 tells us that Eliezer was the son of King Nimrod, described as a “mighty warrior.” 13 This lends context to how he managed to fight so mightily on behalf of Abraham (and Lot). Read: Nimrod, the Biblical Hunter.
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Eliezer of Damascus (Hebrew: דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר, romanized: Damméseq ʾÉliʿézer) was, according to the Targums, the son of Nimrod. [1] Eliezer was head of the patriarch Abraham 's household, as mentioned in the Book of Genesis (15:2). And Abram said, "My Lord, Hashem/Elohim: What can you give me seeing that I go ...
Mar 8, 2024 · The next Eliezer named in the Bible is the younger son of Moses and Zipporah: “After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her and her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses said, ‘I have become a foreigner in a foreign land’; and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, ‘My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh ...
Feb 2, 2017 · So Gershom had a younger brother. We don’t know when he was born; we don’t even know his name. All we do know is that the second son of Moses and Zipporah, like his older brother, was born during the family’s extended stay in Midian. Event follows event, crisis follows crisis. The first nine plagues – blood, frogs, lice, swarms of flies ...
Dec 13, 2023 · Moses’ wife’s name was Zipporah and they had two sons together: Gershom and Eliezer. Family is an important golden thread that runs throughout the whole Bible. God is described as one who puts the lonely in families (Ps. 68:6). He is described as a Father, and He himself exists in relational communion by the Trinity: The Father, The Son ...
Aug 21, 2007 · The second (and only other) son, Eliezer, isn’t named until Exodus 18:4. And that’s the last we hear of the kids, at least directly, in the Bible, although a Midrashic interpretation — a rabbinical reading preserved in Jewish oral tradition — says that Gershom is the lad in Numbers 11:27 who warns Moses that people have been seized with the divine spirit.
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Eliezer entered the house while his camels were unloaded and given straw. Water was brought to bathe Eliezer’s feet and the feet of the men that came with him. Food was set before him, but he refused to eat until he told them that Abraham had send him to find a bride for his son and heir and how he had realized that Rebekah was the intended one.
