Exodus 18
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Exodus 18:7-12

7Then MosesH4872 wentH3318 out to meetH7122 his father-in-lawH2860, and 1he bowedH7812 downH7812 and 2kissedH5401 him; and they 3askedH7592 eachH376 otherH7453 of their welfareH7965 and wentH935 into the tentH168. 8MosesH4872 toldH5608 his father-in-lawH2860 allH3605 that the LordH3068 had doneH6213 to PharaohH6547 and to the EgyptiansH4714 4for Israel’sH3478 sakeH5921H182, allH3605 the 5hardshipH8513 that had befallenH4672 them on the journeyH1870, and how 6the LordH3068 had deliveredH5337 them. 9JethroH3503 rejoicedH2302 overH5921 allH3605 7the goodnessH2899 whichH834 the LordH3068 had doneH6213 to IsraelH3478, 8in deliveringH5337 9them from the handH3027 of the EgyptiansH4714. 10So JethroH3503 saidH559, “10BlessedH1288 be the LordH3068 whoH834 deliveredH5337 you from the handH3027 of the EgyptiansH4714 and from the handH3027 of PharaohH6547, and whoH834 deliveredH5337 the peopleH5971 from underH8478 the handH3027 of the EgyptiansH4714. 11NowH6258 I knowH3045 that 11the LordH3068 is greaterH1419 thanH4480 allH3605 the godsH430; 12indeedH3588, 13it was provenH1697 whenH834 they dealtH2102 proudlyH2102 againstH5921 14the people.” 1215Then JethroH3503, Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860, tookH3947 a burntH5930 offeringH5930 and sacrificesH2077 for GodH430, and AaronH175 cameH935 with allH3605 the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 to eatH398 16a mealH3899 with Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860 beforeH6440 GodH430.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 18:7 Gen 43:26, 28 ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 18:7 Gen 29:13; Ex 4:27 ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 18:7 Gen 43:27; 2 Sam 11:7 ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 18:8 Ex 4:23; 7:4, 5 ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 18:8 Num 20:14; Neh 9:32 ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 18:8 Ex 15:6, 16 ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 18:9 Is 63:7-14 ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 18:9 Lit in that He had delivered ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 18:9 Lit him ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 18:10 Gen 14:20; 2 Sam 18:28; 1 Kin 8:56; Ps 68:19, 20 ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 18:11 Ex 12:12; 15:11; 2 Chr 2:5; Ps 95:3; 97:9; 135:5 ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 18:11 Lit indeed, in the thing in which they ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 18:11 Luke 1:51 ↩
  14. 14. Exodus 18:11 Lit them ↩
  15. 15. Exodus 18:12 Gen 31:54; Ex 24:5 ↩
  16. 16. Exodus 18:12 Lit bread ↩

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