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Exodus 18:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Exodus 18:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jethro’s Advice
18 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’s father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.(A) 2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,(B) 3 along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom[a] (for he had said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land”),(C)
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- 18.3 In Heb Gershom resembles the word for alien
Exodus 18:1-3
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Exodus 18:1-3
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Jethro Visits Moses
18 Now Jethro,(A) the priest of Midian(B) 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.(C)
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,(D) his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons.(E) One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(F)
Footnotes
- Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
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