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CHAP. XVIII.
1 Iethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sonnes. 7 Moses entertaineth him. 13 Iethros counsell is accepted. 27 Iethro departeth.
1 When Iethro 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:1
2 Then Iethro Moses father in law tooke Zipporah Moses wife, after he had sent her backe,
3 And her two sonnes, of which the name of the one was Gershom: for he said, I haue bene an alien in a strange land.3
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh.4
7 ¶ And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeysance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.7
Iethros counsell to Moses, obeyed.
8 And Moses told his father in law, all that the Lord had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vpon them by the way, and how the Lord deliuered them.8
11 Now I know that the Lord is greater then all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly, hee was aboue them.11
15 And Moses said vnto his father in law, Because the people come vnto me to enquire of God.
16 When they haue a matter, they come vnto mee, and I iudge betweene one and another, and I doe make them know the statutes of God and his Lawes.16
17 And Moses father in law saide vnto him, The thing that thou doest, is not good.
18 Thou wilt surely weare away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heauy for thee; thou art not able to performe it thy selfe alone.18
Iethros counsell to Moses, obeyed.
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
27 ¶ And Moses let his father in law depart, and he went his way into his owne land.
Exodus Chapter 18 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 Chap. 2. 16.
3 Chap. 2. 22. , That is, A stranger there.
4 That is, my God is an helpe.
7 Heb. peace.
8 Heb. found them.
11 Chap.1. 10, 16, 22. and 5. 7. and 14. 18.
16 Hebr. a man and his fellow.
18 Hebr. Fading thou wilt fade. , Deut. 1.9.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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