Exodus 18:2

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home,

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

In Context

1Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people. He heard that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.

3and her two sons; the name of the one son was Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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Cross References

Exodus 2:21Moses agreed to stay with the man, who also gave him his daughter Zipporah in marriage.

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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