Exodus 18:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away,

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 2:21 : 21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
  • Exod 4:25-26 : 25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it. She said, 'Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.' 26 So the LORD let him alone. At that time, she said 'bridegroom of blood,' referring to circumcision.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 18:1
    83%

    1Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

  • Exod 18:3-9
    7 verses
    81%

    3along with her two sons. One was named Gershom, meaning, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land,' because Moses had said, 'I was a sojourner in a strange land.'

    4The name of the other son was Eliezer, meaning, 'My God is my help,' for Moses had said, 'The God of my father was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.'

    5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses’ wife and his two sons with him.

    6Jethro sent word to Moses, saying, 'I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons.'

    7So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

    8Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardships they had faced along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

    9Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians.

  • Exod 2:20-22
    3 verses
    80%

    20Reuel said to his daughters, 'And where is he? Why did you leave the man? Invite him to have something to eat.'

    21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

    22She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, 'I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.'

  • Exod 18:27
    78%

    27Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

  • Exod 4:18
    76%

    18Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, 'Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive.' And Jethro said to Moses, 'Go in peace.'

  • Exod 4:20
    74%

    20So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

  • Exod 3:1
    74%

    1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exod 18:24
    74%

    24Moses listened to his father-in-law’s advice and did everything he said.

  • Exod 18:12
    74%

    12Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

  • Exod 4:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it. She said, 'Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.'

    26So the LORD let him alone. At that time, she said 'bridegroom of blood,' referring to circumcision.

  • Exod 18:17
    72%

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

  • Exod 18:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14When Moses’ father-in-law saw everything he was doing for the people, he said, 'What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning till evening?'

    15Moses answered his father-in-law, 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God.'

  • Num 25:6
    71%

    6Then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his family, in the sight of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • Exod 2:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well.

    16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

  • Exod 2:1
    69%

    1A man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.

  • Num 25:16
    68%

    16The LORD said to Moses,