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Exodus 18:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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 18:4

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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:

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:

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.

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Eliezer, son of Moses

  • 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 18:2
    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
  • Zipporah 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 18:2
    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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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 18:2

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

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 18:5

"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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