Exodus 18
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 18:2-6

2JethroH3503, Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860, tookH3947 Moses’H4872 wifeH802 1ZipporahH6855, afterH310 he had sentH7971 her awayH7971, 3and her 2twoH8147 sonsH1121, of whomH834 3oneH259 was namedH8034 GershomH1647, for Moses saidH559, “I have beenH1961 4a 5sojournerH1616 in a foreignH5237 landH776.” 46The otherH259 was namedH8034 78EliezerH461, for he said, “9The 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 10in the wildernessH4057 whereH834H8033 he was campedH2583, at 11the mountH2022 of GodH430. 6He 12sentH559 wordH559 to MosesH4872, “I, your father-in-lawH2860 JethroH3503, am comingH935 to you with your wifeH802 and her twoH8147 sonsH1121 with her.”

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Notes

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

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