Exodus 4:18

Overview - Exodus 4
Moses's rod is turned into a serpent.
His hand is leprous.
10 He is loath to be sent.
13 Aaron is appointed to assist him.
18 Moses departs from Jethro.
21 God's message to Pharaoh.
24 Zipporah circumcises her son.
27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses.
29 The people believe them.
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Exodus 4:18  (King James Version)
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
 


Jethro
Hebrew Jether.
3:1

Let me go
1 Timothy 6:1

and see
Genesis 45:3 ; Acts 15:36

Go in peace
1 Samuel 1:17 ; Luke 7:50 ; Acts 16:36
In the LXX. and Coptic, the following addition is made to this verse: [Meta de tas Lemeras tas pollas ekeinas eteleutsen ho basileus Aigyptou,] "After these many days, the king of Egypt died." This was probably an ancient side-note, which crept into the text, as it appeared to throw light on the next verse.