Know The Answer?
Who am I: I was called a "friend of God", because I obeyed God without question. My name was changed in later life. To prove my obedience I was asked to sacrifice my son.
Abraham

Reference:
Genesis 12:4; 17:5; 20:2; 22:2

A TALE OF TWO PROPHETS - PART 3
Plain Truth Magazine
April 1977
Volume: Vol XLII, No.4
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A TALE OF TWO PROPHETS - PART 3

Things didn't go well from the beginning of Moses' great commission. Before Moses even got to Egypt, God nearly killed him because he had neglected to circumcise his son-after all, God couldn't afford to have the leader of Israel have a son who was not bound to the covenant He had made with Abraham! (Exodus 4:24-26.) This situation upset his wife Zipporah greatly; she called him a "bloody husband" because of circumcision. not realizing it was God who required it, not Moses, her husband. So upset was she that she turned right around and took her children with her, returning to her father's house, leaving Moses alone to go to Egypt.

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Plain Truth MagazineApril 1977Vol XLII, No.4