The Visit of Jethro
Exodus 18:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
- KJV
- Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- WEB
- Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
- ASV
- And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
- LSV
- and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes Zipporah, wife of Moses, after her parting,
- YLT
- and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
- DBY
- And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
- DRC
- He took Sephora the wife of Moses whom he had sent back:
- GNV
- Then Iethro the father in lawe of Moses, tooke Zipporah Moses wife, (after he had sent her away)
- JPS
- And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
- LXXE
- And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of Moses after she had been sent away,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἔλαβε δὲ Ἰοθὸρ ὁ γαμβρὸς Μωυσῆ Σεπφώραν τὴν γυναῖκα Μωυσῆ μετὰ τὴν ἄφεσιν αὐτῆς,
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
ZipporahJethroZipporah, or ZipporahKenites, TheSentCourts, JudicialBlindness, JudicialHeathenIsrael, Religion ofWanderings of Israel
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Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 2:21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- Exodus 4:25–26But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she…
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