Exodus 18:2

and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes Zipporah, wife of Moses, after her parting,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, hears all that God has done for Moses and for His people Israel, that YHWH has brought out Israel from Egypt,

3and her two sons, of whom the name of one [is] Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land”;

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Cross References

Exodus 2:21And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he gives his daughter Zipporah to Moses,

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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