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Exodus 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 to Moses, Go in peace.

KJV

Abiit Moyses, et reversus est ad Jethro socerum suum, dixitque ei : Vadam et revertar ad fratres meos in Ægyptum, ut videam si adhuc vivant. Cui ait Jethro : Vade in pace.

Vulgate

Ἐπορεύθη δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν πρὸς Ἰοθὸρ τὸν γαμβρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει Πορεύσομαι καὶ ἀποστρέψω πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου τοὺς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ ὄψομαι εἰ ἔτι ζῶσιν. καὶ εἶπεν Ἰοθὸρ Μωυσῇ Βάδιζε ὑγιαίνων. μετὰ δὲ τὰς ἡμέρας τὰς πολλὰς ἐκείνας ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου.

LXX

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 that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב אֶל יֶ֣תֶר חֹֽתְנ֗/וֹ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ל/וֹ֙ אֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֗א וְ/אָשׁ֨וּבָה֙ אֶל אַחַ֣/י אֲשֶׁר בְּ/מִצְרַ֔יִם וְ/אֶרְאֶ֖ה הַ/עוֹדָ֣/ם חַיִּ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר יִתְר֛וֹ לְ/מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵ֥ךְ לְ/שָׁלֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
verb · 33×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יִתְר֨וֹ
ytrv
proper_noun · 9×
יֶ֖תֶר
ytr
proper_noun · 9×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 5:19 — And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
  • Acts 15:36 — And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do.
  • Exod 2:18 — And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
  • 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.
  • Luke 8:48 — And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.