Exodus 4:25

25But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it.4:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

25So Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and 4:25 Lit made it touch at his feetthrew it at Moses’ feet; and she said, “You are indeed a groom of blood to me!”

25Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.”

254:25 Moses had not circumcised his son in obedience to the commandment that God had given to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:10 ff). It is possible that Moses refrained from doing the procedure because his wife Zipporah, a Midianite, had objected. If so, Zipporah now reluctantly performed the procedure herself as a last resort to save Moses’ life, not hiding her disgust over the situation.Then Zipporah took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her son and threw it at Moses’ feet, and said, “Indeed you are a husband of blood to me!”

25But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet.4:25 Hebrew his feet “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

25But Zipporah got a knife made out of flint. She circumcised her son with it. Then she touched Moses’ feet with the skin she had cut off. “Surely, you are a husband who has forced me to spill my son’s blood,” she said.