Exodus 4:26
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
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
- So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
- KJV
- So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
- WEB
- So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
- ASV
- So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood [art thou], because of the circumcision.
- DARBY
- And he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband because of the circumcision.
- BLB
- And He let him alone. (At that time she said, “[You are] a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.)
- ÅB
- Så lot han ham være; da sa hun: En blodbrudgom for omskjærelsens skyld.
- OTB
- Så lot Herren ham være. På den tiden sa hun «blodbrudgom,» med henvisning til omskjærelsen.
- B1930
- Så lot han ham være; da sa hun: En blodbrudgom for omskjærelsens skyld.