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Ramban on Exodus 18:2/רמב"ן על שמות י״ח:ב׳
אאַחַר שִׁלּוּחֶיהָ בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁהִזְכִּיר הַכָּתוּב (שמות ד':כ') "וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת בָּנָיו וַיָּשָׁב אַרְצָה מִצְרָיִם", הֻצְרַךְ לוֹמַר כָּאן שֶׁהָיְתָה בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ, כִּי מֹשֶׁה שִׁלְּחָהּ שָׁם. וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁיֹּאמַר כִּי לְקָחָהּ יִתְרוֹ לַהֲשִׁיבָהּ אֵלָיו אע"פ שֶׁשִּׁלְּחָהּ מִמֶּנּוּ, בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁשָּׁמַע כָּל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֱלֹהִים לְמֹשֶׁה, כִּי מֵעַתָּה רָאוּי לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּכָל אֲשֶׁר יֵלֵךְ:
1AFTER HE HAD SENT HER AWAY. Because Scripture had [previously] mentioned, And Moses took his wife and his sons… and he returned to the land of Egypt,60 it became necessary to state here that she was in her father’s house, as Moses had sent her there. It is possible that Scripture is stating that Jethro took [Zipporah, Moses’s wife], to return her to him although he had sent her away. Having heard all that G-d had done for Moses,60 he thought that it was now time for her to follow the king wherever he would go.