Exodus 18:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed down and kissed him; each asked after the other’s welfare, and they went into the tent.

Cross References

Genesis 14:17

After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh, that is, the King’s Valley.

Genesis 18:2

He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 29:13

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him; he embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things,

Genesis 31:28

And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? What you have done is foolish.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they brought him the present that they had carried into the house and bowed to the ground before him.

Genesis 45:15

And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them, and after that his brothers talked with him.

Genesis 46:29

Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. He presented himself to him, fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

2 Samuel 11:7

When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the people fared and how the war was going.

1 Kings 2:19

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne and had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

Psalm 2:12

kiss his feet, or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Happy are all who take refuge in him.

Exodus 18:6

He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons.”

Exodus 33:7

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

Exodus 4:27

The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went, and he met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

Numbers 22:36

When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at Ir-moab, on the boundary formed by the Arnon, at the farthest point of the boundary.

Luke 7:45

You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet.

Acts 20:37

There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,

Acts 28:15

The brothers and sisters from there, when they heard of us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage.

Judges 11:34

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah, and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her.

1 Samuel 17:18

also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them.”

1 Samuel 17:22

David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.