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Exodus 18:2-4
Good News Translation
Exodus 18:2-4
Good News Translation
2 (A)So he came to Moses, bringing with him Moses' wife Zipporah, who had been left behind, 3 (B)and Gershom and Eliezer, her two sons. (Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a strange land”; so he had named one son Gershom.[a] 4 He had also said, “The God of my father helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt”; so he had named the other son Eliezer.[b])
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- Exodus 18:3 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “foreigner.”
- Exodus 18:4 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “God helps me.”
Exodus 18:2-4
New International Version
Exodus 18:2-4
New International Version
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,(A) his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons.(B) One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(C) 4 and the other was named Eliezer,[b](D) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;(E) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
- Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.
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