Exodus 18:2

So Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife,—after she had been sent home;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people,—in that Yahweh had brought forth Israel out of Egypt.

3and her two sons,—of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,

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Cross References

Exodus 2:21And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man,—and he gave Zipporah his daughter 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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