Exodus 18:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.”
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“Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 18:27 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
- Genesis 31:55Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
- Numbers 10:29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
- Numbers 10:30“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
- Judges 19:9When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
- Ruth 1:7Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).