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Exodus 18:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Exodus 18:2

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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, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

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Zipporah

  • Moses Moses is the husband of Zipporah.
    Source: Exodus 18:2
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    Read Exodus 18:2
  • Gershom, son of Moses Zipporah is the mother of Gershom.
    Source: Exodus 18:2; Exodus 18:3
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    Read Exodus 18:2
    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:
    Read Exodus 18:3
  • Eliezer, son of Moses Zipporah is the mother of Eliezer.
    Source: Exodus 18:2; Exodus 18:3; Exodus 18:4
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    Read Exodus 18:2
    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:
    Read Exodus 18:3
    And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
    Read Exodus 18:4

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Moses

  • Amram Amram is the father of Moses.
    Source: Numbers 26:59
    And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
    Read Numbers 26:59
  • Jochebed Jochebed is the mother of Moses.
    Source: Numbers 26:59
    And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
    Read Numbers 26:59
  • Aaron Aaron is the brother of Moses.
    Source: Numbers 26:59
    And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
    Read Numbers 26:59
  • Miriam Miriam is the sister of Moses.
    Source: Numbers 26:59
    And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
    Read Numbers 26:59
  • Zipporah Moses is the husband of Zipporah.
    Source: Exodus 18:2
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    Read Exodus 18:2
  • Gershom, son of Moses Moses is the father of Gershom.
    Source: Exodus 18:2; Exodus 18:3
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    Read Exodus 18:2
    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:
    Read Exodus 18:3
  • Eliezer, son of Moses Moses is the father of Eliezer.
    Source: Exodus 18:2; Exodus 18:3; Exodus 18:4
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    Read Exodus 18:2
    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:
    Read Exodus 18:3
    And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
    Read Exodus 18:4
  • Joshua, son of Nun Joshua served as an assistant to Moses.
    Source: Joshua 1:1
    Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
    Read Joshua 1:1

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.

Related Verses

Exodus 2:21

"And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter."

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Exodus 18:24

"So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said."

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Acts 7:29

"Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons."

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Exodus 4:25-26

"Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me."

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Exodus 4:18

"And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace."

Speaks to the same theme

Exodus 3:1

"Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb."

Speaks to the same theme

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY) and Bible Guided Semantic Search

From This Chapter

Exodus 18:1

"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;"

Exodus 18:3

"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:"

Exodus 18:4

"And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:"

Exodus 18:5

"And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:"

Exodus 18:6

"And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her."

Exodus 18:7

"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."

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