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Exodus 18:1-10

1AndJethroיִתְר֨וֹyit.RoH3503thepriestכֹהֵ֤ןkho.HenH3548ofMidianמִדְיָן֙mid.YanH4080, Moses'father-in-law,heardH8085ofallthatGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430haddonetoMosesH4872,andtoIsraelוּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לu.le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478hispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971;thatJehovahhadbroughtH3318Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478outofEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

2AndJethroיִתְרוֹ֙yit.RoH3503, Moses'father-in-law,tookH3947Zipporahצִפֹּרָ֖הtzi.po.RahH6855, Moses'wifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802,afterhehadsentherback,

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

4—andthenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034oftheother,Eliezerאֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר'e.li.'E.zerH461—FortheGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofmyfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1hasbeenmyhelpבְּעֶזְרִ֔יbe.'ez.RiH5828,andhasdeliveredוַיַּצִּלֵ֖נִיvai.ya.tzi.Le.niH5337mefromtheswordמֵחֶ֥רֶבme.Che.revH2719ofPharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547.

5AndJethroיִתְר֨וֹyit.RoH3503, Moses'father-in-law,cameH935toMosesH4872withhissonsוּבָנָ֥יוu.va.NavH1121andhiswifeוְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹve.'ish.ToH802intothewildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֗רha.mid.BarH4057,whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834heencampedחֹנֶ֥הcho.NehH2583atthemountainהַ֥רharH2022ofGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

6AndhesentwordtoMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872:I, thyfather-in-lawJethroיִתְר֖וֹyit.RoH3503,amcomeH935tothee,andthywifeוְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ve.'Ish.te.khaH802,andhertwoוּשְׁנֵ֥יu.she.NeiH8147sonsבָנֶ֖יהָva.Nei.haH1121withher.

7AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872wentH3318outtomeethisfather-in-law,anddidobeisance,andkissedH5401him;andtheyaskedוַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּvai.yish.'a.LuH7592eachother[after]theirwelfareלְשָׁל֑וֹםle.sha.LomH7965,andwentH3318intothetentהָאֹֽהֱלָה׃ha.'O.he.lahH168.

8AndMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872toldhisfather-in-lawallthatJehovahhaddonetoPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֣הle.far.'OhH6547andtotheEgyptiansforIsrael'ssake;allthetroublethathadbefallenthemonthewayH1870,and[how]Jehovahhaddeliveredוַיַּצִּלֵ֖םvai.ya.tzi.LemH5337them.

9AndJethroיִתְר֔וֹyit.RoH3503rejoicedH2302forallthegoodnessthatJehovahhaddonetoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478;thathehaddeliveredהִצִּיל֖וֹhi.tzi.LoH5337themoutofthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027oftheEgyptians.

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

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