Exodus 18:2

He took Sephora the wife of Moses whom he had sent back:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

In Context

1And when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kinsman of Moses, had heard all the things that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought forth Israel out of Egypt,

3And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam, his father saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:21And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:

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 →

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