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Exodus 18:1-10

1NowJethroיִתְר֨וֹyit.RoH3503,thepriestכֹהֵ֤ןkho.HenH3548ofMidianמִדְיָן֙mid.YanH4080,Moses’מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872father-in-law,heardH8085ofallthatGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430haddoneforMosesלְמֹשֶׁ֔הle.mo.ShehH4872,andforIsraelוּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לu.le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478hispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971,howthatJehovahhadbroughtH3318Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478outofEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

2AndJethroיִתְרוֹ֙yit.RoH3503,Moses’מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872father-in-law,tookH3947Zipporahצִפֹּרָ֖הtzi.po.RahH6855,Moses’מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872wifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802,afterhehadsentheraway,

3andhertwoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנֶ֑יהָva.Nei.haH1121;ofwhomthenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034oftheoneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259wasGershomגֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔םge.re.ShomH1647;forhesaidH559,IhavebeenH1961asojournerגֵּ֣רgerH1616inaforeignנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237landבְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzH776:

4andthenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034oftheotherwasEliezerאֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר'e.li.'E.zerH461;forhesaid,TheGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofmyfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1wasmyhelpבְּעֶזְרִ֔יbe.'ez.RiH5828,anddeliveredוַיַּצִּלֵ֖נִיvai.ya.tzi.Le.niH5337mefromtheswordמֵחֶ֥רֶבme.Che.revH2719ofPharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547.

5AndJethroיִתְר֨וֹyit.RoH3503,Moses’מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872father-in-law,cameH935withhissonsוּבָנָ֥יוu.va.NavH1121andhiswifeוְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹve.'ish.ToH802untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872intothewildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֗רha.mid.BarH4057whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hewasencampedחֹנֶ֥הcho.NehH2583,atthemountofGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430:

6andhesaidH559untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,I, thyfather-in-lawJethroיִתְר֖וֹyit.RoH3503,amcomeH935unto thee,andthywifeוְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ve.'Ish.te.khaH802,andhertwoוּשְׁנֵ֥יu.she.NeiH8147sonsבָנֶ֖יהָva.Nei.haH1121withher.

7AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872wentH3318outtomeethisfather-in-law,anddidobeisance,andkissedH5401him:andtheyaskedוַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּvai.yish.'a.LuH7592eachotheroftheirwelfareלְשָׁל֑וֹםle.sha.LomH7965;andtheycameH935intothetentהָאֹֽהֱלָה׃ha.'O.he.lahH168.

8AndMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872toldhisfather-in-lawallthatJehovahhaddoneuntoPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֣הle.far.'OhH6547andtotheEgyptiansforIsrael’ssake,allthetravailthathadcomeמְצָאָ֣תַםme.tza.'A.tamH4672uponthembythewayH1870,andhowJehovahdeliveredוַיַּצִּלֵ֖םvai.ya.tzi.LemH5337them.

9AndJethroיִתְר֔וֹyit.RoH3503rejoicedH2302forallthegoodnesswhichJehovahhaddonetoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,inthathehaddeliveredהִצִּיל֖וֹhi.tzi.LoH5337themoutofthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027oftheEgyptians.

10AndJethroיִתְרוֹ֒yit.RoH3503saidH559,BlessedH1288beJehovah,whohathdeliveredהִצִּ֥ילhi.TzilH5337yououtofthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027oftheEgyptians,andoutofthehandוּמִיַּ֣דu.mi.YadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547;whohathdeliveredהִצִּיל֙hi.TzilH5337thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971fromunderthehandיַד־yad-H3027oftheEgyptians.

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