Exodus 18:1-7 ▼

1 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

2 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,

3 and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses had said, |I have been a foreigner in a foreign land|),

4 and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, |The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh|).

5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert where he was camping by the mountain of God.

6 He said to Moses, |I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her.|

7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other's welfare, and then they went into the tent.