Exodus 18:4

4 and the other was named Eliezer,[a] for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

Exodus 18:4 in Other Translations

KJV
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:
ESV
4 and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
NLT
4 His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”)
MSG
4 the name of the other was Eliezer (God's-Help) because "The God of my father is my help and saved me from death by Pharaoh."
CSB
4 and the other Eliezer (because [he had said,] "The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword").

Exodus 18:4 In-Context

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, for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;
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.”
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 2

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 23:15
  • 2. S Genesis 49:25; S Deuteronomy 33:29

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Eliezer" means "my God is helper."
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