6787. Verses 20-22 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that you left the man? Call him, and let him eat bread. And Moses was willing to dwell with the man; and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I am a stranger in a foreign land.

'And he said to his daughters means thought about the holy things belonging to the Church. 'And where is he? Why is it that you left the man?' means, In what way without that truth could they be joined to the good of the Church? 'Call him' means that it was to be joined. 'And let him eat bread' means being made stronger in good. 'And Moses was willing to dwell with the man' means that they were in agreement. 'And he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses' means that he linked the good of his Church to it. 'And she bore a son' means the truths from that union. 'And he called his name Gershom' means the essential nature of them. 'For he said, I am a stranger in a foreign land' means that he received instruction in truths in a Church that was not his own.