Jethro had sent word to him: I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons. The advance notice is a courtesy — Jethro does not arrive unannounced in the wilderness camp. The message signals respect for Moses' position and awareness that a formal welcome will be required. The identification of the sons as her two sons — Zipporah's sons — is a small but notable phrasing. The children who carry Moses' theological autobiography in their names are identified relationally with their mother in this verse. The details of the Exodus are not only theological but humanly specific, preserving the ordinary texture of real family relationships.

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