What did it really take place in Exodus 4:24-26? (Part 3)

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What did it really take place in Exodus 4:24-26? (Part 3)

Why didn’t Moses circumcised Gershom?

Let’s see what Stephan said about Moses?

• Act 7:22 -> “And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.”.

Note that Moses was instructed in ALL the wisdom of the EGYPTIANS (and not in the wisdom of the Hebrews). All Moses’ time was dedicated to know about Egyptians’ wisdom. So, in the beginning, when he begot Gershom, he didn’t know about circumcision.

On the other hand, after Eliezer was born, in some moment, Moses found out about circumcision and circumcised Eliezer (I don’t know why Moses thought to circumcise Eliezer first).

After Moses circumcised Eliezer, Zipporah got very horrified and didn’t allow him to circumcise Gershom and began to see Moses as “a bridegroom of blood”. Now that she was obliged to circumcise Gershom personally, she saw that, with Moses, if she had more children, she would have to see this scene more times (perhaps it is for this that she didn’t have more children).

Whatever, the fact is that Zipporah got so angry with the circumcision of Eliezer that Moses didn’t have courage to circumcise Gershom in order not to displease his wife (hence he didn’t circumcise Gershom here).
You can be asking “how I know that Moses circumcised Eliezer”.
It’s good to observe that Zipporah circumcised only one child. If Moses didn’t have circumcised Eliezer, Zipporah should have to circumcised both.

Furthermore, observe the speaking of Zipporah: “*Surely* you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”. This word “surely” shows that this idea had passed in the mind of Zipporah previously and that, now, she had it confirmed.

Have a nice day. Tomorrow we will carry on.
 
I don't think scripture condemns Zipporah for influencing Moses to disobey the command to circumcise. If this were the case, there are precedents where scripture explains the husband's actions were influenced by the wife.

Also, if this were true, it doesn't make sense that Moses would circumcise his second-born, rather than his first born. If he really didn't know about circumcision, the mistake would have been made on both sons. However, the case is that the sin of uncircumcision related to the first born son, but not the second.

An extra-biblical source claims that Moses had some sort of agreement with Jethro about his sons, which was why the older was not circumcised, and why the sin was only highlighted when Moses left Jethro's house/authority. I don't know if it's really right to condemn Zipporah for Moses' disobedience, when she was the one who saved his life by performing the circumcision in the end.
 
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