Exodus 18:1-5
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 18
1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took in Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away, 3and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for Moses said, 'I have been a stranger in a foreign land.' 4And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, 'The God of my father was my help, and saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.'King James Version
Chapter 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; 2Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 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: 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: 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:Christian Standard Bible
2Now Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,
3along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, "I have been a resident alien in a foreign land")
4and the other Eliezer (because he had said, "The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh's sword").
New Living Translation
2Earlier, Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro, who had taken them in.
3(Moses’ first son was named Gershom, for Moses had said when the boy was born, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.'
4His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, 'The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.')
5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, now came to visit Moses in the wilderness. He brought Moses’ wife and two sons with him, and they arrived while Moses and the people were camped near the mountain of God.
English Standard Version
Chapter 18
1Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her home, 3along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land”), 4and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”). 5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was encamped at the mountain of God.New International Version
2After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her
3and her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses said, 'I have become a foreigner in a foreign land';
4and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, 'My father's God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.'
New King James Version