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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
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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,
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Gershom, son of Moses Zipporah is the mother of Gershom, son of Moses.
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 18:2And 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, son of Moses.
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 18:2And 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 18:3And 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, son of Moses.
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 18:2And 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, son of Moses.
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 18:2And 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 18:3And 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
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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