Exodus 18:3

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and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Egypt was the land where Moses had fled from Pharaoh after killing an Egyptian, while Midian was the region east or southeast of the Sinai Peninsula where he lived with Jethro’s family. The contrast explains why Moses’ wife and sons had been residing in Midian during Israel’s deliverance from Egypt.

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Exodus 18:3 mentions Egypt and Midian.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato