16 The word חָדָה (khada) is rare, occurring only in Job 3:6 and Ps 21:6, although it is common in Aramaic. The translated it “he shuddered.” U. Cassuto suggests that that rendering was based on the midrashic interpretation in Sanhedrin 94b, “he felt cuts in his body”—a wordplay on the verb (Exodus, ).

In other versions

And Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians.

Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the Lord had done for Israel when he rescued them from the power of the Egyptians.

Jethro was delighted when he heard about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel as he rescued them from the hand of the Egyptians.

And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that Yahweh had done for Israel when he delivered them from the hand of Egypt.

And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

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