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Exodus 18:4

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18:4and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said,5 “The God of my father has been my help6 and delivered7 me from the sword of Pharaoh”).

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  1. 5 The referent (Moses) and the verb have been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 6 Now is given the etymological explanation of the name of Moses’ other son, Eliezer (אֱלִיעֶזֶר, ’eli’ezer), which means “my God is a help.” The sentiment that explains this name is אֱלֹהֵי אָבִי בְּעֶזְרִי (’elohe ’avi bé’ezri, “the God of my father is my help”). The preposition in the sentiment is the bet (ב) essentiae (giving the essence—see §119.i). Not mentioned earlier, the name has become even more appropriate now that God has delivered Moses from Pharaoh again. The word for “help” is a common word in the Bible, first introduced as a description of the woman in the Garden. It means to do for someone what he or she cannot do for himself or herself. Samuel raised the “stone of help” (Ebenezer) when Yahweh helped Israel win the battle (1 Sam 7:12).
  3. 7 The verb “delivered” is an important motif in this chapter (see its use in vv. 8, 9, and 10 with reference to Pharaoh).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).

NLTNew Living Translation

His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”)

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and the one whose name was Eliezer, for “the God of my father was my help, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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: