Exodus 4:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַיָּ֣שָׁב ׀ אֶל־יֶ֣תֶר חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֗א וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אַחַ֣י אֲשֶׁר־בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְאֶרְאֶ֖ה הַעוֹדָ֣ם חַיִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יִתְר֛וֹ לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵ֥ךְ לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

And yēlek Mōšeh and yāšāb to-Yeter ḥōtĕnô and yōʾmer to-him ʾēlĕkâh nāʾ and-ʾāšûbâh to-ʾaḥay who-in-Miṣrayim and-ʾerʾeh if-ʿôdām ḥayyîm and yōʾmer Yitrô to-Mōšeh lēk to-šālôm.

Grammar Details

*yēlek*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - he went
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*yāšāb*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - he returned
*Yeter*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jether
*ḥōtĕnô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father-in-law
*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said
*ʾēlĕkâh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular with cohortative ending - let me go
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*ʾāšûbâh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular with cohortative ending - let me return
*ʾaḥay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my brothers
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*ʾerʾeh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular with cohortative ending - let me see
*ʿôdām*: adverb with 3rd masculine plural suffix - they still
*ḥayyîm*: adjective, masculine plural - living/alive
*Yitrô*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jethro
*lēk*: qal imperative, masculine singular - go
*šālôm*: noun, masculine singular - peace

Word Meanings

*Yeter*: Jether/Jethro (variant spelling)
*ʾaḥay*: my brothers/my relatives/my kin
*lēk lĕ-šālôm*: go in peace/go safely/go with my blessing

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
1 Sam 1:17 : 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
Luke 7:50 : 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Acts 15:36 : 36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas , Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Acts 16:36 : 36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul , The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
1 Tim 6:1 : 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
Gen 45:3 : 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Exod 4:19-21
3 verses
83%
19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
Exod 18:27
80%
27And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Exod 18:1-2
2 verses
78%
1When Jethro, 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;
2Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Exod 18:4-10
7 verses
78%
4And 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:
5And 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:
6And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
9And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Exod 18:23-24
2 verses
75%
23If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
Exod 3:1
75%
1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Exod 18:15
75%
15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
Num 10:29-30
2 verses
74%
29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
30And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
Exod 17:5
74%
5And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
Exod 3:18
73%
18And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
Exod 6:10-11
2 verses
73%
10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exod 10:8-10
3 verses
73%
8And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
10And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
Exod 10:24
73%
24And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
Exod 18:17
72%
17And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Exod 2:15
72%
15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Exod 2:18
72%
18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Exod 9:1
72%
1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exod 5:22
72%
22And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Num 14:13
72%
13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
Exod 3:10-11
2 verses
71%
10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Exod 18:12
71%
12And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
Exod 8:1
71%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Judg 18:6
71%
6And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
Exod 5:1
71%
1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Num 14:4
71%
4And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Exod 33:1
71%
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: