Exodus 18:7

So Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and bowed himself down to him and kissed him, and they asked each other of their welfare,—and came into the tent.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

In Context

6and said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming in unto thee,—and thy wife, and her two sons, with her.

8Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law, all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians, for Israel’s sake,—all the hardship which had befallen them by the way, and how Yahweh had delivered them.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him,—so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;

Genesis 29:13And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fondly kissed him, and brought him into his house,—when he recounted to Laban all these things.

Genesis 33:3but he himself, passed over before them, and bowed himself to the earth seven times, until he had come near unto his brother.

Genesis 45:15Then kissed he all his brethren, and wept upon them,—and, thereafter, his brethren spake with him.

Numbers 22:36And Balak heard that Balaam, was coming,—so he went forth to meet him unto a city of Moab which was upon the boundary of Arnon, which was in the utmost part of the boundary.

1 Samuel 17:18also these ten slices of soft cheese, shalt thou take to the captain of their thousand,—and, as for thy brethren, give good heed to their welfare, their pledge, also shalt thou receive.

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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