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Exodus 18:2-6

2Afterאַחַ֖ר'a.CharH310Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872had sent backשִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃shi.lu.Chei.haH7964his wifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802Zipporahצִפֹּרָ֖הtzi.po.RahH6855, hisמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872אֶת־'et-H853father-in-lawחֹתֵ֣ןcho.TenH2859Jethroיִתְרוֹ֙yit.RoH3503had received herוַיִּקַּ֗חvai.yi.KachH3947,

3along withוְאֵ֖תve.'EtH853her twoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנֶ֑יהָva.Nei.haH1121.Oneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259sonאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834was namedשֵׁ֤םshemH8034Gershomגֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔םge.re.ShomH1647,forכִּ֣יkiH3588Moses had saidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559, “I have beenהָיִ֔יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961a foreignerגֵּ֣רgerH1616in a foreignנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237landבְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzH776.”

4The otherהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259sonwas namedוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034Eliezerאֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר'e.li.'E.zerH461,forכִּֽי־ki-H3588Moses had said, “The Godאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of my fatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1was my helperבְּעֶזְרִ֔יbe.'ez.RiH5828and delivered meוַיַּצִּלֵ֖נִיvai.ya.tzi.Le.niH5337from the swordמֵחֶ֥רֶבme.Che.revH2719of Pharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547.”

5Moses’ father-in-lawחֹתֵ֥ןcho.TenH2859Jethroיִתְר֨וֹyit.RoH3503,along with Mosesמֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872’wifeוְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹve.'ish.ToH802and sonsוּבָנָ֥יוu.va.NavH1121,cameוַיָּבֹ֞אvai.ya.Vo'H935toאֶל־'el-H413himמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872inאֶל־'el-H413the desertהַמִּדְבָּ֗רha.mid.BarH4057,whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834heה֛וּאhu'H1931was encampedחֹנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖םcho.Neh shamH2583 H8033at the mountainהַ֥רharH2022of Godהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

6He sent wordוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872, “Iאֲנִ֛י'a.NiH589,your father-in-lawחֹתֶנְךָ֥cho.ten.KhaH2859Jethroיִתְר֖וֹyit.RoH3503,am comingבָּ֣אba'H935toאֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413you with your wifeוְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ve.'Ish.te.khaH802and herעִמָּֽהּ׃'i.MahH5973twoוּשְׁנֵ֥יu.she.NeiH8147sonsבָנֶ֖יהָva.Nei.haH1121.”

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