Exodus 18:7

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

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  • Gen 29:13 : 13 When Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban everything that had happened.
  • 2 Sam 11:7 : 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked about Joab’s well-being, the well-being of the troops, and the condition of the war.
  • 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, bowed down to her, and then sat on his throne. He also had a throne placed for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.
  • Gen 14:17 : 17 After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
  • Gen 18:2 : 2 Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your way, for His wrath can flare up quickly. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  • Luke 7:45 : 45 You gave Me no kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing My feet.
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 They all wept loudly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
  • Acts 28:15 : 15 From there, the brothers and sisters, having heard about us, came as far as Appius Forum and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he gave thanks to God and was encouraged.
  • Gen 31:28 : 28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.
  • Gen 33:3-7 : 3 He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. 4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, kissed him, and they wept. 5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, 'Who are these with you?' Jacob replied, 'They are the children whom God has graciously given to your servant.' 6 Then the maidservants came forward with their children and bowed down. 7 Next, Leah and her children came forward and bowed down. Finally, Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.
  • Gen 43:27-28 : 27 He greeted them and asked, "How is your father, the old man you told me about? Is he still alive?" 28 They replied, "Your servant our father is well. He is still alive." And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.
  • Gen 45:15 : 15 Joseph kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward, his brothers talked with him.
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 Joseph readied his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.
  • Num 22:36 : 36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
  • Judg 11:34 : 34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 18:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    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.'

  • Exod 18:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    10Jethro said, 'Blessed be the LORD, who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from under the hand of Egypt.'

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

    2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away,

  • Exod 18:12
    79%

    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 18:27
    79%

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

  • Exod 18:23-24
    2 verses
    79%

    23If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to endure, and all these people will go home satisfied and at peace.

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

  • Exod 4:27
    78%

    27The LORD said to Aaron, 'Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.' So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

  • Exod 18:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    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.'

    16Whenever they have a dispute, they come to me to seek judgment. I decide between one person and another and make known the statutes of God and His laws.

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

  • Exod 4:18
    77%

    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 34:8
    74%

    8Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped.

  • Exod 3:1
    73%

    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 2:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

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

    17Some shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their flock.

    18When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked, 'Why have you returned so early today?'

  • Num 10:29
    72%

    29Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: "We are setting out for the place about which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things for Israel."

  • Exod 2:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Num 11:30
    71%

    30Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

  • Exod 19:17
    70%

    17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

  • Num 25:6
    70%

    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 33:8
    69%

    8And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand at the entrance to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.

  • Exod 19:7
    69%

    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of the people. He set before them all the words that the LORD had commanded him.

  • Exod 19:25
    69%

    25So Moses went down to the people and told them.

  • Num 14:5
    69%

    5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the entire assembly of the Israelite community.

  • Gen 50:1
    68%

    1Joseph fell on his father's face, wept over him, and kissed him.

  • Exod 19:14
    68%

    14Moses went down from the mountain to the people, consecrated them, and they washed their garments.

  • Num 20:6
    68%

    6Moses and Aaron left the assembly and went to the entrance of the tent of meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

  • Judg 19:4
    68%

    4His father-in-law, the woman’s father, persuaded him to stay, and he remained with him for three days. They ate, drank, and spent the nights there.

  • Gen 18:2
    68%

    2Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

  • Lev 9:23
    68%

    23Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.