Exodus 18:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
18 1 Jethro cometh to see Moses his son-in-law. 8 Moses telleth him of the wonders of Egypt. 9 Jethro rejoiceth and offereth sacrifice to God. 21 What manner of men officers and judges ought to be. 24 Moses obeyeth Jethro’s counsel in appointing officers.
1 When Jethro the (A)Priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,
2 Then Jethro the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah Moses’ wife, (after he had [a]sent her away)
3 And her two sons, (whereof the one was called (B)Gershom: for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
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- Exodus 18:2 It may seem that he sent her back for a time to her father for her impatience, lest she should be a let to his vocation, which was so dangerous, Exod. 4:25.
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