Exode 18:4

4 l'autre se nommait Eliézer, car il avait dit: Le Dieu de mon père m'a secouru, et il m'a délivré de l'épée de Pharaon.

Exode 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 18:4

And the name of the other was Eliezer
Who seems to be his second son, and was that which was circumcised by Zipporah at the inn, and about which there was such a stir, ( Exodus 4:24-26 ) , and signifies "my God [is] help", or, his helper:

for the God of my father, [said he], was mine help, and delivered me
from the sword of Pharaoh;
who, on hearing that Moses had killed an Egyptian, was wroth with him, and sought to slay him; and perhaps drew his sword for that purpose, but was prevented: however, this, in all human probability, would have been the case, that he would have fallen by his sword either in a private or public manner, had it not been for the interposition of divine Providence, and therefore he gave this name to his child, to be a standing memorial of it.

Exode 18:4 In-Context

2 Jéthro, beau-père de Moïse, prit Séphora, femme de Moïse, qui avait été renvoyée.

3 Il prit aussi les deux fils de Séphora; l'un se nommait Guerschom, car Moïse avait dit: J'habite un pays étranger;

4 l'autre se nommait Eliézer, car il avait dit: Le Dieu de mon père m'a secouru, et il m'a délivré de l'épée de Pharaon.

5 Jéthro, beau-père de Moïse, avec les fils et la femme de Moïse, vint au désert où il campait, à la montagne de Dieu.

6 Il fit dire à Moïse: Moi, ton beau-père Jéthro, je viens vers toi, avec ta femme et ses deux fils.