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Exodus 18:2
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KJ21
then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after Moses had sent her back
ASV
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
AMP
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away [from Egypt],
AMPC
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after Moses had sent her back [to her father],
BRG
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
CSB
Now Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’s wife, after he had sent her back,
CSBA
Now Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’s wife, after he had sent her back,
CEB
Moses’ father-in-law Jethro took with him Zipporah, Moses’ wife whom he had sent away,
CJB
After Moshe had sent away his wife Tzipporah and her two sons, Yitro Moshe’s father-in-law had taken them back.
CEV
In the meantime, Moses had sent his wife Zipporah and her two sons to stay with Jethro, and he had welcomed them. Moses was still a foreigner in Midian when his first son was born, and so Moses said, “I'll name him Gershom.” When his second son was born, Moses said, “I'll name him Eliezer, because the God my father worshiped has saved me from the king of Egypt.”
DARBY
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
DRA
He took Sephora the wife of Moses whom he had sent back:
ERV
So Jethro went to Moses while Moses was camped near the mountain of God. Jethro brought Moses’ wife, Zipporah, with him. (Zipporah was not with Moses, because Moses had sent her home.)
EASY
Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, back to her home. He also sent his two sons with her. Jethro took care of them.
EHV
After Moses had sent his wife Zipporah away, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
ESV
Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home,
ESVUK
Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home,
EXB
Now Moses had sent [L away] his wife Zipporah [2:21] to Jethro, his father-in-law [4:24–26],
GNV
Then Jethro the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah Moses’ wife, (after he had sent her away)
GW
When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
GNT
So he came to Moses, bringing with him Moses' wife Zipporah, who had been left behind,
HCSB
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
ICB
Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to Jethro, his father-in-law.
ISV
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken back Moses’ wife Zipporah after she had been sent away,
JUB
then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
KJV
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
AKJV
then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
LSB
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
LEB
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after her sending away,
TLB
Then Jethro took Moses’ wife, Zipporah, to him (for he had sent her home),
MSG
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law to Moses, heard the report of all that God had done for Moses and Israel his people, the news that God had delivered Israel from Egypt. Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife who had been sent back home, and her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (Sojourner) for he had said, “I’m a sojourner in a foreign land”; 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.”
MEV
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
NOG
When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in,
NABRE
So his father-in-law Jethro took along Zipporah, Moses’ wife—now this was after Moses had sent her back—
NASB
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took in Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
NASB1995
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
NCB
Jethro brought Zipporah, the wife of Moses, with him, for he had sent her back to him,
NCV
Now Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to Jethro, his father-in-law,
NET
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,
NIRV
Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to his father-in-law. So Jethro welcomed her
NIV
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her
NIVUK
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her
NKJV
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
NLV
Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, had taken Moses’ wife, Zipporah, after Moses had sent her away.
NLT
Earlier, Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro, who had taken them in.
NRSVA
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
NRSVACE
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
NRSVCE
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
NRSVUE
After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back,
OJB
Then Yitro, Moshe’s khoten, received Tzipporah, Moshe’ wife, after Moshe had sent her away,
RGT
then, Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, (after he had sent her away)
RSV
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zippo′rah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
RSVCE
Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zippo′rah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
TLV
( Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away
VOICE
Now Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and her two sons back to Jethro from Egypt, and Jethro had cared for them in his long absence. Moses had named one son Gershom, because as he said, “I have lived as an outsider in an unfamiliar land.”
WEB
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
WYC
Jethro took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, whom Moses had sent again (whom Moses had sent back to him),
YLT
and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
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