Exodus 18
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Exodus 18:1-5

1When JethroH3503, the priestH3548 of MidianH4080, MosesH4872’ father in lawH2859, heardH8085 of all that GodH430 had doneH6213 for MosesH4872, and for IsraelH3478 his peopleH5971, and that the LORDH3068 had broughtH3318 IsraelH3478 out of EgyptH4714;

2Then JethroH3503, MosesH4872’ father in lawH2859, tookH3947 ZipporahH6855, MosesH4872’ wifeH802, afterH310 he had sent her backH7964,

3And her twoH8147 sonsH1121; of which the nameH8034 of the oneH259 was GershomH1647; for he saidH559, I have been an alienH1616 in a strangeH5237 landH776:1

4And the nameH8034 of the otherH259 was EliezerH461; for the GodH430 of my fatherH1, said he, was my helpH5828, and deliveredH5337 me from the swordH2719 of PharaohH6547:2

5And JethroH3503, MosesH4872’ father in lawH2859, cameH935 with his sonsH1121 and his wifeH802 to MosesH4872 into the wildernessH4057, where he encampedH2583 at the mountH2022 of GodH430:

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 18:3 Gershom: that is A stranger there ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 18:4 Eliezer: that is, My God is an help ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain