Exodus 18:3-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 along with her two sons. The name of one was Gershom (for he said, ‘I have been an alien[a] in a foreign land’), 4 and the name of the other, Eliezer[b] (for he said, ‘The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh’). 5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came into the wilderness where Moses was encamped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses’ sons and wife to him.
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- Exodus 18:3 Heb ger
- Exodus 18:4 Heb Eli, my God; ezer, help
Exodus 18:3-5
New International Version
3 and her two sons.(A) One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(B) 4 and the other was named Eliezer,[b](C) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;(D) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain(E) of God.
Footnotes
- Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
- Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.
Exodus 18:3-5
King James Version
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:
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