Revised Version 1895

Exodus 18:9-15

9AndJethroיִתְר֔וֹyit.RoH3503rejoicedוַיִּ֣חַדְּvai.Yi.chadH2302forallכָּל־kol-H3605the goodnesswhichH834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068haddoneעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213toIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, in that he haddeliveredהִצִּיל֖וֹhi.tzi.LoH5337themoutעַ֚ל'alH5921of thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of theEgyptiansמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

10AndJethroיִתְרוֹ֒yit.RoH3503saidוַיֹּאמֶר֮vai.yo.MerH559,Blessedבָּר֣וּךְba.RukhH1288be theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, who hathdeliveredהִצִּ֥ילhi.TzilH5337youH834outH3027of thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of theEgyptiansמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, andoutH3027of thehandוּמִיַּ֣דu.mi.YadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547; who hathdeliveredהִצִּיל֙hi.TzilH5337thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971fromunderמִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478thehandיַד־yad-H3027of theEgyptiansמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

11Nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258Iknowיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068isgreaterגָד֥וֹלga.DolH1419thanH5921allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605godsהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:yeaH3588, in thethingבַדָּבָ֔רva.da.VarH1697whereinאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theydealtH2102proudlyH2102againstH5921them.

12AndJethroיִתְר֨וֹyit.RoH3503,Moses’מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872father in law,tookוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947aburntעֹלָ֥ה'o.LahH5930offering andsacrificesוּזְבָחִ֖יםu.ze.va.ChimH2077forGodלֵֽאלֹהִ֑יםle.lo.HimH430: andAaronאַהֲרֹ֜ן'a.ha.RonH175cameוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935, andallוְכֹ֣ל׀ve.KholH3605theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478, toeatלֶאֱכָל־le.'e.khol-H398breadלֶ֛חֶםLe.chemH3899withMoses’מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872father in lawbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440Godהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

13And itcameH1961topassH1961on the morrow, thatMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872satוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427tojudgeלִשְׁפֹּ֣טlish.PotH8199thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971: and thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971stoodוַיַּעֲמֹ֤דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975aboutH1961Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872from themorningהַבֹּ֖קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242unto theeveningהָעָֽרֶב׃ha.'A.revH6153.

14And whenMoses’מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872father in lawsawוַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'H7200allכָּל־kol-H3605that hedidH6213to thepeopleלָעָ֑םla.'AmH5971, hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,WhatH4100is thisthingהַדָּבָ֤רha.da.VarH1697that thou doest to thepeopleלָעָ֔םla.'AmH5971?whyH4100sittest thou thyselfaloneלְבַדֶּ֔ךָle.va.De.khaH905, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971standנִצָּ֥בni.TzavH5324aboutעָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921thee frommorningבֹּ֥קֶרBo.kerH1242untoevenעַד־'ad-H5704?

15AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his father in law,Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971comeיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935untomeאֵלַ֛י'e.LaiH413toinquireלִדְרֹ֥שׁlid.RoshH1875ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430:

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