Bible Person
Meaning: help · Male · 4 cross references
This Eliezer entry refers to Moses' younger son, not Abraham's servant or other men by the same name. He belongs to the family memory of Moses and to the later Levitical genealogies that continue through his descendants. First appears in Exod 18:4.1
AI summary: This Eliezer matters because the cross references place him within both Moses' personal household and the later continuity of Levitical service. His name reflects God's help to Moses in exile, while later genealogical notices preserve his line among those serving sacred functions. He is therefore both a family and institutional figure. Taken together, the material presents this Eliezer as Moses' son whose line endures in Israel's Levitical memory.1
Central Figure
Eliezer
Meaning: help
One of the two sons of Moses, born during his sojourn in Midian (Ex.
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Children
One of the two sons of Moses, born during his sojourn in Midian (Ex. 18:4; 1 Chr. 23:15, 17). He remained with his mother and brother Gershom with Jethro when Moses returned to Egypt. (Ex. 18:4). They were restored to Moses when Jethro heard of his departure out of Egypt. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.