Exodus 18:7
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. They asked about each other's welfare and then went into the tent.
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6He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
Cross References
Genesis 18:2He looked up and, behold, he saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door and bowed low to the ground.
Genesis 29:13When Laban heard the news about Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
Genesis 33:3He himself went on ahead of them. He bowed toward the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Genesis 45:15He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After that his brothers talked with him.
Numbers 22:36When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at a city in Moab at the Arnon, which is on the border.
1 Samuel 17:18Also bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand. See how your brothers are doing and bring back some proof that they are doing well.
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 →