Exodus 18:6
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.”
5 Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
8 Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
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
- He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
- KJV
- And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- WEB
- He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
- ASV
- and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- DARBY
- And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- BLB
- And he had said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, and your wife and her two sons with her.”
- ÅB
- sendte han bud til Moses og sa: Jeg, din svigerfar Jetro, kommer til deg med din hustru og hennes to sønner.
- OTB
- Og han sendte en melding til Moses: «Jeg, din svigerfar Jetro, kommer til deg med din kone og hennes to sønner.»
- B1930
- sendte han bud til Moses og sa: Jeg, din svigerfar Jetro, kommer til dig med din hustru og hennes to sønner.