Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.
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6And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, with your wife and your two sons.
Cross References
Genesis 18:2And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;
Genesis 29:13And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.
Genesis 33:3And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.
Genesis 45:15Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.
Numbers 22:36Now Balak, hearing that Balaam had come, went to the chief town of Moab, on the edge of the Arnon, in the farthest part of the land, for the purpose of meeting him.
1 Samuel 17:18And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:2-7
Jethro's Visit to Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help,… Read the whole commentary →