Exodus 18
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 18:1-5

1Now 1JethroH3503, the priestH3548 of MidianH4080, Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860, heardH8085 of allH3605 that GodH430 had doneH6213 for MosesH4872 and for IsraelH3478 His peopleH5971, howH3588 the LordH3068 had broughtH3318 IsraelH3478 out of EgyptH4714. 2JethroH3503, Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860, tookH3947 Moses’H4872 wifeH802 2ZipporahH6855, afterH310 he had sentH7971 her awayH7971, 3and her 3twoH8147 sonsH1121, of whomH834 4oneH259 was namedH8034 GershomH1647, for Moses saidH559, “I have beenH1961 5a 6sojournerH1616 in a foreignH5237 landH776.” 47The otherH259 was namedH8034 89EliezerH461, for he said, “10The GodH430 of my fatherH1 was my helpH5828, and deliveredH5337 me from the swordH2719 of PharaohH6547.”

5Then JethroH3503, Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860, cameH935 with his sonsH1121 and his wifeH802 to MosesH4872 11in the wildernessH4057 whereH834H8033 he was campedH2583, at 12the mountH2022 of GodH430.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 18:1 Ex 2:16, 18; 3:1 ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 18:2 Ex 2:21; 4:25 ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 18:3 Ex 2:22; 4:20; Acts 7:29 ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 18:3 Lit the name of the one was ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 18:3 Ex 2:22 ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 18:3 Heb ger ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 18:4 Lit The name of the other was ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 18:4 Heb El-ezer; i.e. my God is help ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 18:4 1 Chr 23:15, 17 ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 18:4 Gen 49:25 ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 18:5 Lit unto ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 18:5 Ex 3:1, 12; 4:27; 24:13 ↩

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