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Exodus 18:1–7

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WHEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
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:
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
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From verse 1

  1. Exodus 2:16Rank 1 from verse 1
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    16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

  2. Exodus 3:1Rank 2 from verse 1
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    1NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

  3. Psalms 77:14–15Rank 3 from verse 1
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    14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.

    15Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

  4. Acts 14:27Rank 4 from verse 1
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    27And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

  5. Acts 7:35–36Rank 5 from verse 1
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    35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

    36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  6. Galatians 1:23–24Rank 6 from verse 1
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    23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

    24And they glorified God in me.

  7. Isaiah 63:11–13Rank 7 from verse 1
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    11Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

    12That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

    13That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

  8. Joshua 2:10Rank 8 from verse 1
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    10For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

  9. Joshua 9:9Rank 9 from verse 1
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    9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

  10. Psalms 105:36–41Rank 10 from verse 1
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    36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

    37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

    38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

    39He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

    40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

    41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

  11. Psalms 105:43Rank 11 from verse 1
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    43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

  12. Psalms 106:2Rank 12 from verse 1
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    2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?

  13. Psalms 106:8–11Rank 13 from verse 1
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    8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

    9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

    10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

    11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

  14. Psalms 136:10–16Rank 14 from verse 1
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    10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    11And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    13To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    16To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

  15. Psalms 34:2Rank 15 from verse 1
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    2My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

  16. Psalms 44:1Rank 16 from verse 1
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    1WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

  17. Psalms 78:4Rank 17 from verse 1
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    4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

  18. Psalms 78:50–53Rank 18 from verse 1
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    50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

    51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

    52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

    53And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

  19. Zechariah 8:23Rank 19 from verse 1
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    23Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

  20. Acts 15:12Rank 20 from verse 1
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    12¶ Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

  21. Acts 21:19–20Rank 21 from verse 1
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    19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

    20And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

  22. Exodus 2:18Rank 22 from verse 1
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    18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

  23. Exodus 2:21Rank 23 from verse 1
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    21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

  24. Exodus 4:18Rank 24 from verse 1
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    18¶ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  25. Exodus 7:1–15Rank 25 from verse 1
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    1AND the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

    2Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

    3And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

    4But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

    5And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

    6And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.

    7And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

    8¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

    9When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

    10¶ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

    11Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

    12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

    13And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

    14¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

    15Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

  26. Jeremiah 33:9Rank 26 from verse 1
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    9¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

  27. Judges 4:11Rank 27 from verse 1
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    11Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

  28. Nehemiah 9:10–11Rank 28 from verse 1
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    10And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

    11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  29. Numbers 10:29Rank 29 from verse 1
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    29¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

  30. Psalms 105:5Rank 30 from verse 1
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    5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

  31. Romans 15:18Rank 31 from verse 1
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    18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

From verse 2

  1. Exodus 2:21Rank 1 from verse 2
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    21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

  2. Exodus 4:25–26Rank 2 from verse 2
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    25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

    26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

From verse 3

  1. Exodus 2:22Rank 1 from verse 3
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    22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

  2. Acts 7:29Rank 2 from verse 3
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    29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

  3. Exodus 4:20Rank 3 from verse 3
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    20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

  4. Hebrews 11:13Rank 4 from verse 3
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  5. Psalms 39:12Rank 5 from verse 3
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    12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

  6. 1 Peter 2:11Rank 6 from verse 3
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    11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

From verse 4

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:8–10Rank 1 from verse 4
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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

    10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  2. 2 Timothy 4:17Rank 2 from verse 4
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    17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

  3. Acts 12:11Rank 3 from verse 4
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    11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

  4. Hebrews 13:6Rank 4 from verse 4
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    6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  5. 1 Chronicles 23:15Rank 5 from verse 4
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    15The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

  6. Daniel 6:22Rank 6 from verse 4
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    22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  7. Exodus 2:15Rank 7 from verse 4
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    15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

  8. Isaiah 50:7–9Rank 8 from verse 4
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    7¶ For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

    8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

    9Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

  9. Psalms 18:1Rank 9 from verse 4
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    1I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength.

  10. Psalms 34:4Rank 10 from verse 4
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    4I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

  11. Psalms 46:1Rank 11 from verse 4
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    1GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

  12. Psalms 18:48Rank 12 from verse 4
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    48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

From verse 5

  1. Exodus 3:1Rank 1 from verse 5
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    1NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

  2. Exodus 3:12Rank 2 from verse 5
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    12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

  3. 1 Kings 19:8Rank 3 from verse 5
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    8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

  4. Exodus 19:11Rank 4 from verse 5
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    11And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

  5. Exodus 19:20Rank 5 from verse 5
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    20And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

  6. Exodus 24:16–17Rank 6 from verse 5
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    16And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

    17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

From verse 7

  1. Genesis 29:13Rank 1 from verse 7
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    13And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

  2. 1 Kings 2:19Rank 2 from verse 7
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    19¶ Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

  3. 2 Samuel 11:7Rank 3 from verse 7
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    7And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

  4. Genesis 14:17Rank 4 from verse 7
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    17¶ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.

  5. Genesis 18:2Rank 5 from verse 7
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    2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

  6. Genesis 19:1Rank 6 from verse 7
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    1AND there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

  7. Acts 20:37Rank 7 from verse 7
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    37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,

  8. Acts 28:15Rank 8 from verse 7
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    15And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

  9. Genesis 31:28Rank 9 from verse 7
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    28And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

  10. Genesis 33:3–7Rank 10 from verse 7
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    3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

    4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

    5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

    6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

    7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

  11. Genesis 43:27–28Rank 11 from verse 7
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    27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

    28And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

  12. Genesis 45:15Rank 12 from verse 7
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    15Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

  13. Genesis 46:29Rank 13 from verse 7
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    29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

  14. Judges 11:34Rank 14 from verse 7
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    34¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

  15. Luke 7:45Rank 15 from verse 7
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    45Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

  16. Numbers 22:36Rank 16 from verse 7
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    36¶ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

  17. Psalms 2:12Rank 17 from verse 7
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    12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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Exodus 18:1

COMBINED MEANING

priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 18:2

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 18:3

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

alien

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A stranger or foreigner; one not belonging to, or treated as outside, a people, place, or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 18:4

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

help

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Sense 1: Aid, assistance, or relief. Sense 2: As a verb, to aid, assist, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 18:5

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

encamped

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of encamp, meaning to pitch or occupy a camp.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mount

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Sense 1: A hill, mountain, or elevated tract of land. Sense 2: An artificial raised mound used in siege. Sense 3: To rise, ascend, climb, get upon, or increase upward.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 18:6

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 18:7

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

meet

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Sense 1: To come or bring together, encounter, assemble, or join. Sense 2: Fitting, suitable, proper, worthy, or qualified.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

welfare

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Exemption from misfortune, sickness, calamity or evil; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; prosperity; happiness; applied to persons.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

tent

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A movable shelter or dwelling made of curtains, skins, or fabric supported by cords, poles, and stakes; by extension, a temporary habitation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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18:1WHEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;

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18:2Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

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18:3And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

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18:4And 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:

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18:5And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

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18:6And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

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18:7¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

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18:8And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.

18:9And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

18:10And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

18:12And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.

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