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Exodus 18:8 KJV
Exodus · chapter 18 · verse 8
And 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.Exodus 18:8 · King James Version
Exodus 18:8 in context
6And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7And 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.
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.
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.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EgyptiansMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- Israel'sYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- travailtᵉlâʼâhdistressH8513 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- toldçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
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Observe here, I. The kind greeting that took place between Moses and his father-in-law, Exo 18:7. Though Moses was a prophet of the Lord, a great prophet, and king in Jeshurun, yet he showed a very humble respect to his father-in-law.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-12