Exodus 18:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mount of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֞א יִתְר֨וֹ חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֛ה וּבָנָ֥יו וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר אֲשֶׁר־ה֛וּא חֹנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם הַ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-yābōʾ yitrô ḥōtēn mōšeh and-bānāyw and-ʾištô to-mōšeh to-hammidbār which-he ḥōneh there har hāʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *wə*-*yābōʾ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came
• *yitrô*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jethro
• *ḥōtēn*: noun, masculine singular construct - father-in-law of
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *bānāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons
• *ʾištô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wife
• *hammidbār*: article with noun, masculine singular - the wilderness
• *ḥōneh*: participle, masculine singular - encamping/camping
• *har*: noun, masculine singular construct - mountain of
• *hāʾĕlōhîm*: article with noun, masculine plural - the God/the divine one

Word Meanings

• *hammidbār*: the wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
• *har* *hāʾĕlōhîm*: mountain of God/Horeb/Sinai

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Jethro, 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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Iethro Moses father in lawe came wyth his two sonnes and his wife vnto Moses in to the wildernesse: where he had pitched his tente by the mounte of God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now wha Iethro Moses father in lawe, and his sonnes and his wife came vnto him in the wyldernes by the mount of God where he had pitched his tent,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Iethro Moses father in law came with his two sonnes, and his wife vnto Moses into the wildernes, where he camped by ye mout of God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Iethro Moyses father in lawe, came with his two sonnes, & his wife, vnto Moyses into ye wildernesse, where he abode by the mounte of God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping -- the mount of God;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and his wife, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camping by the mountain of God.

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 far side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
• Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.
• Exod 19:11 : 11 And be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
• Exod 19:20 : 20 And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount, and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
• Exod 24:16-17 : 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
• 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mountain of God.