Old Painting Of The French School Of The Seventeenth Century

MOSA AT THE WELL OF MADIAN MEETS ZIPPORA 'ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF JETRO. "Oil painting on canvas - French School of the 17th century. Dimensions: 143 x 114 cm Exodus 2: After the murder of an Egyptian soldier, Moses was forced to take refuge in the desert, near a well in Midian. According to biblical accounts, in this place he finds much more than water, that is, he finds the woman than He would marry. Scripture says that Zipporà was with his sisters, all daughters of a priest; a priest of Midian and therefore, for a Jew, a pagan priest. Zippora was a pagan woman; and on his side, Moses certainly felt blood belonging to the Jewish people Moses stopped in the land of Midian and sat by a well; the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They went to the well to draw water to fill the troughs and to water the water. their father's flock. But the shepherds came and drove them away. So Moses arose, stood up to them, and watered their flock. from IETRO, their father, he said, “How come you come back so early today? They replied, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and furthermore he drew water for us and made the flock water. He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why did you leave this man there? Call him, let him come and get some food ”. 21 Moses agreed to live with this man. He gave Moses his daughter Sephora Zipporah. She gave birth to a son whom Moses named Gershom; because he said, “I live in a foreign country.