Exodus 18:1-6

Jethro Visits Moses

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.
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her
3 and her two sons. One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;
4 and the other was named Eliezer,[b] for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain of God.
6 Jethro had sent word to him, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

Cross References 9

  • 1. S Exodus 2:18
  • 2. S Exodus 2:16; Exodus 3:1
  • 3. S Exodus 6:6
  • 4. S Exodus 2:21; Exodus 4:25
  • 5. S Exodus 4:20; Acts 7:29
  • 6. Exodus 2:22
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 23:15
  • 8. S Genesis 49:25; S Deuteronomy 33:29
  • 9. S Exodus 3:1

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "a foreigner there."
  • [b]. "Eliezer" means "my God is helper."
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