Exodus 2:18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
KJV
Quæ cum revertissent ad Raguel patrem suum, dixit ad eas : Cur velocius venistis solito ?
Vulgate
παρεγένοντο δὲ πρὸς Ῥαγουὴλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν· ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐταῖς Διὰ τί ἐταχύνατε τοῦ παραγενέσθαι σήμερον;
LXX
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
ASV
וַ/תָּבֹ֕אנָה אֶל רְעוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִי/הֶ֑ן וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר מַדּ֛וּעַ מִהַרְתֶּ֥ן בֹּ֖א הַ/יּֽוֹם
Hebrew
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People
Jethro
In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יְמַהֵ֣ר
ymhr
verb · 64×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×
רְעוּאֵ֖ל
r'v'l
proper_noun · 11×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Exod 4:18 — And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said t
- Exod 18:1 — 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;
- Gen 36:4 — And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
- Num 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee go
- Num 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee go