Bible Verses

Then Jethro brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to offer to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to share this meal with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

I know now that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for he delivered his people when they were being oppressed.”

He said: “Blessed be the Lord who has delivered you from the power of Egypt and Pharaoh and has rescued the people from the grip of Egypt.

Jethro rejoiced at the Lord’s goodness in freeing Israel from Egypt’s power.

Moses then told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and Egypt for the sake of Israel and all the difficulties they had met on the way, and how the Lord had saved them.

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and, bowing low before him, he kissed him, and when each had inquired about the other’s health, they entered the tent.

Moses was told, “Your father-in-law Jethro is here. He has come with your wife and her two sons.”

So Jethro came with Moses’ wife and sons to the desert, where the people had encamped at the mountain of God.

and the other Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father came to my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

and her two sons. Moses had first called Gershom to remind him that he had been a guest in a foreign land,