Exodus 18:1–12

Jethro, Moses’ Father-in-law

¹Now ^aJethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.

²Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife ^aZipporah, after he had sent her away,

³and her ^atwo sons, of whom ¹one was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have been ^ba ²sojourner in a foreign land.”

⁴¹The other was named ^2aEliezer, for he said, “^bThe God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

⁵Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses ¹in the wilderness where he was camped, at ^athe mount of God.

⁶He ¹sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.”

⁷Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and ^ahe bowed down and ^bkissed him; and they ^casked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.

⁸Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians ^afor Israel’s sake, all the ^bhardship that had befallen them on the journey, and how ^cthe Lord had delivered them.

⁹Jethro rejoiced over all ^athe goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, ¹in delivering ²them from the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰So Jethro said, “^aBlessed be the Lord who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹¹“Now I know that ^athe Lord is greater than all the gods; ¹indeed, ^bit was proven when they dealt proudly against ²the people.”

^12aThen Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat ¹a meal with Moses’ father-in-law before God.