King James Version
Exodus 18:2 in the King James Version says “Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,”
Exodus 18:2 · KJV
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: Gershom: that is A stranger there
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: Eliezer: that is, My God is an help
KJV Study — Public Domain
“father in law”
H2859to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“he had sent her back”
H7964(only in plural) a dismissal, i.e., (of a wife) divorce (especially the document); also (of a daughter) dower
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