Verse 1
Exodus 18:1
Geneva Bible
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When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God (Elohim) had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֞ע יִתְר֨וֹ כֹהֵ֤ן מִדְיָן֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵת֩ כָּל אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְ/מֹשֶׁ֔ה וּ/לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּ֑/וֹ כִּֽי הוֹצִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִ/מִּצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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Chapter 18 Context
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When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God (Elohim) had done for Moses...
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Then Iethro the father in lawe of Moses, tooke Zipporah Moses wife, (after he had sent her away)
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And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a str...
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And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God (Elohim) of my father, said he, was mine helpe, a...
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And Iethro Moses father in law came with his two sonnes, and his wife vnto Moses into the wildernes,...
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And he said to Moses, I thy father in law Iethro am come to thee, and thy wife and her two sonnes wi...
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And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked othe...
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Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for...
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And Iethro reioyced at all the goodnesse, which the Lord had shewed to Israel, and because he had de...
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Therfore Iethro sayd, Blessed be the Lord who hath deliuered you out of the hande of the Egyptians,...
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Now I know that the Lord is greater then all the gods: for as they haue dealt proudly with them, so...
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Then Iethro Moses father in lawe tooke burnt offerings and sacrifices to offer vnto God (Elohim). An...
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Now on the morow, when Moses sate to iudge the people, the people stoode about Moses from morning vn...
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And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doe...
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And Moses sayd vnto his father in law, Because the people come vnto me to seeke God (Elohim).
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When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the or...
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But Moses father in law said vnto him, The thing which thou doest, is not well.
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Thou both weariest thy selfe greatly, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heauie...
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Heare nowe my voyce, (I will giue thee counsell, and God (Elohim) shalbe with thee) be thou for the...
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And admonish them of the ordinances, and of the lawes, and shew them the way, wherein they must walk...
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Moreouer, prouide thou among al the people men of courage, fearing God (Elohim), men dealing truely,...
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And let them iudge the people at all seasons: but euery great matter let them bring vnto thee, and l...
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If thou do this thing, (and God (Elohim) so command thee) both thou shalt be able to endure, and all...
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So Moses obeyed the voyce of his father in law, and did all that he had sayd:
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And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer t...
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And they iudged the people at all seasons, but they brought the hard causes vnto Moses: for they iud...
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Afterward Moses let his father in law depart, and he went into his countrey.
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