Exodus 18:4

4 The name of the other was Eli`ezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Par`oh's sword."

Exodus 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.

Exodus 18:4 In-Context

2 Yitro, Moshe' father-in-law, received Tzipporah, Moshe' wife, after he had sent her away,

3 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moshe said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land".

4 The name of the other was Eli`ezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Par`oh's sword."

5 Yitro, Moshe' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moshe into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

6 He said to Moshe, I, your father-in-law Yitro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.