Exodus 18:2
1 Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
3 along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
4 The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
- KJV
- Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- WEB
- Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
- ASV
- And Jethro, Moses` father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses` wife, after he had sent her away,
- DARBY
- And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
- BLB
- And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah, wife of Moses, after he had sent her back,
- ÅB
- Da tok Jetro, Moses' svigerfar, Sippora, Moses' hustru, som Moses før hadde sendt hjem,
- OTB
- Jetro, Moses' svigerfar, hadde tatt imot Moses' kone Sippora, etter at Moses hadde sendt henne bort,
- B1930
- Da tok Jetro, Moses' svigerfar, Sippora, Moses' hustru, som Moses før hadde sendt hjem,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Read in contextExodus 4:25–26
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
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