Yisro

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Yisro

No yardstick was Pharaoh for Moshe,

Amram didn’t raise him at all,

no childhood shared with his brother,

no mentor with whom to play ball.

  Nursed by Yocheved, by Basya raised,

safeguarded by Miriam, by Zipporah saved,

these righteous women supported him then,

but he had no good model of caring from men.

Husband and father, not showcased for him,

until Yisro the Kenite, of the Midianim,

so is explained the warmth of his greeting,

and why to him Moshe is listening and heeding.

But for his family, no welcome recorded,

no reunion, no family glow,

uninformed are we how they were greeted,

or perhaps he was not shown to know.