Moses has ended up as an alien in a foreign country. With a little license, “Ger-shom” could be understood to mean “Alien there.” Was he not an alien in Egypt? He was in a better position than other Israelites to feel at home there. Reuel’s daughters describe him as an Egyptian, presumably reflecting the way he dresses and/or speaks. Actually, Moses was never at home anywhere: with his family and his own people, at the Egyptian court, with his Midianite family, or in the promised land (because he