Exodus 18
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Exodus 18:1-5

1Now 1JethroH3503, the priestH3548 of MidianH4080, Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860, heardH8085 about everythingH3605 that GodH430 had doneH6213 for MosesH4872 and for IsraelH3478 His peopleH5971, howH3588 the LordH3068 had broughtH3318 IsraelH3478 outH3318 of EgyptH4714. 2And JethroH3503, Moses’H4872 father-in-lawH2860, tookH3947 in Moses’H4872 wifeH802 2ZipporahH6855, afterH310 he had sentH7971 her awayH7971, 3and her 3twoH8147 sonsH1121, 4oneH259 of whomH834 was namedH8034 GershomH1647, for Moses saidH559, “I have beenH1961 5a strangerH1616 in a foreignH5237 landH776.” 4And 6the otherH259 was namedH8034 78EliezerH461, for he said, “9The GodH430 of my fatherH1 was my helpH5828, and savedH5337 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 mountainH2022 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 18:4 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 ↩

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