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1 And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt,
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1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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2 and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
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2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her
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3 and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:'
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3 and her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses said, "I have become an alien in a foreign land";
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4 and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'
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4 and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh."
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5 And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping -- the mount of God;
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5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and wife, came to him in the desert, where he was camped near the mountain of God.
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6 and he saith unto Moses, `I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.'
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6 Jethro had sent word to him, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons."
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