Exodus 18:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.

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  • Gen 29:13 : 13 And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.
  • 2 Sam 11:7 : 7 And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.
  • 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.
  • Gen 14:17 : 17 And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.
  • Gen 18:2 : 2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
  • Luke 7:45 : 45 You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
  • Acts 28:15 : 15 And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.
  • Gen 31:28 : 28 You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.
  • Gen 33:3-7 : 3 And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother. 4 Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping. 5 Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant. 6 Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces. 7 And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.
  • Gen 43:27-28 : 27 And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him. 28 Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.
  • Gen 45:15 : 15 Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.
  • Num 22:36 : 36 Now Balak, hearing that Balaam had come, went to the chief town of Moab, on the edge of the Arnon, in the farthest part of the land, for the purpose of meeting him.
  • Judg 11:34 : 34 Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

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  • Exod 18:5-6
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    83%

    5And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to where Moses had put up his tent in the waste land, by the mountain of God.

    6And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, with your wife and your two sons.

  • Exod 18:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

    9And Jethro was glad because the Lord had been good to Israel, freeing them from the power of the Egyptians.

    10And Jethro said, Praise be to the Lord, who has taken you out of the hand of Pharaoh and out of the hand of the Egyptians; freeing the people from the yoke of the Egyptians.

  • Exod 18:1-2
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    1Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

    2And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

  • Exod 18:12
    79%

    12Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, made a burned offering to God: and Aaron came, with the chiefs of Israel, and had a meal with Moses' father-in-law, before God.

  • Exod 18:27
    79%

    27And Moses let his father-in-law go away, and he went back to his land.

  • Exod 18:23-24
    2 verses
    79%

    23If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.

    24So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said.

  • Exod 4:27
    78%

    27And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.

  • Exod 18:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    14And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?

    15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

    16And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

    17And Moses' father-in-law said to him, What you are doing is not good.

  • Exod 4:18
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    18And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  • Exod 34:8
    74%

    8Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.

  • Exod 3:1
    73%

    1Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exod 2:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

    17And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.

    18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?

  • Num 10:29
    72%

    29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.

  • Exod 2:20-21
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    71%

    20And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.

    21And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

  • Num 11:30
    71%

    30Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

  • Exod 19:17
    70%

    17And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

  • Num 25:6
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    6Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting.

  • Exod 33:8
    69%

    8And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.

  • Exod 19:7
    69%

    7And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.

  • Exod 19:25
    69%

    25So Moses went down to the people and said this to them.

  • Exod 8:30
    69%

    30Then Moses went out from Pharaoh and made prayer to the Lord.

  • Num 14:5
    69%

    5Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

  • Gen 50:1
    68%

    1And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.

  • Exod 19:14
    68%

    14Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.

  • Num 20:6
    68%

    6Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.

  • Judg 19:4
    68%

    4And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

  • Gen 18:2
    68%

    2And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

  • Lev 9:23
    68%

    23And Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of meeting, and came out and gave the people a blessing, and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.