For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.”
Exodus 18:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had found them on the way, and how the Lord had delivered them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moses told his father-in-law all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake and all the hardships that had come upon them by the way and how the Lord delivered them. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how Jehovah delivered them. Common English Bible Moses then told his father-in-law everything that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians on Israel’s behalf, all the difficulty they had on their journey, and how the LORD had rescued them. Catholic Public Domain Version Moses explained to his kinsman all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians on behalf of Israel, and all the hardships which had befallen them on the journey, and how the Lord had freed them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moses told his kinsman all that the Lord had done to Pharao, and the Egyptians, in favour of Israel: and all the labour which had befallen them in the journey; and that the Lord had delivered them. |
For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father.”
“Now therefore, our God—the great and mighty and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love—do not treat lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, upon our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until today.
So he saved them from the hand of the foe and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, so that he might make known his mighty power.
Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me.
In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Terror and dread fell upon them; by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone until your people, O Lord, passed by, until the people whom you acquired passed by.
Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power— your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.
The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’s father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
“When my angel goes in front of you and brings you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,
I said to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” But you refused to let him go; now I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”
When Pharaoh does not listen to you, I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring my people the Israelites, company by company, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the adversity that has befallen us,