Exodus 18:6
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD 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.