Exodus 18:1-10

1Now 1Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took in Moses’ wife 2Zipporah, after he had sent her away, 3and her 3two sons, 4one of whom was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have been 5a stranger in a foreign land.” 4And 6the other was named 78Eliezer, for he said, “9The God of my father was my help, and saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

5Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses 10in the wilderness where he was camped, at 11the mountain of God. 6And he 12sent word to Moses: “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.” 7Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and 13he bowed down and 14kissed him; and they 15asked each other about their welfare, and went into the tent. 8Moses told his father-in-law everything that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians 16for Israel’s sake, all the 17hardship that had confronted them on the journey, and how 18the Lord had rescued them. 9And Jethro rejoiced over all 19the goodness which the Lord had done for Israel, 20in rescuing 21them from the hand of the Egyptians. 10So Jethro said, “22Blessed be the Lord who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.