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Yet, confusingly, this chapter, which details the lifetime of Moses from his birth through the birth of his first son, ignores the names of any character until Moses himself is named. His parents, Yocheved and Amram, his sister Miriam, and even his adopted mother Bityah, the daughter of Pharaoh, all have names, yet here in our chapter their names are all ignored. The fact that so many seemingly important names are left out is further highlighted by the fact that in a chapter where so many new personalities are introduced, only two names are given explanation and meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first is Moses himself, whose name is explained as meaning \u201cdrawn out of the water.\u201d The second is Moses\u2019 son, Gershom, whose name tells the reader Moses\u2019s feelings about his experience in Midian: \u201cI have been a stranger in a strange land.\u201d Not only do these names tell us about Moses\u2019s personal history and emotional state, they also show us the depth of connection between Moses and the Israelites. Just as Moses was literally drawn from the water and miraculously saved, so too will Israel be metaphorically drawn from the waters of the Reed Sea, and constantly saved from danger by God. Just as Moses had an experience of deep otherness and disconnection in a strange place, so too did the Israelites in their time in Egypt and their experiences of wandering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crucially, these two experiences of being saved and being wholly other have continued to echo throughout Jewish history. Our people has gone through periods of both salvation and isolation, and often we argue about which one we\u2019re in at the current moment. 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