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Exodus 18:4

And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eliezer;   Moses;   Zipporah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Kenites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eliezer;   Jethro;   Names;   Zipporah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Create, Creation;   Eve;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eliezer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eliezer;   Exodus, Book of;   Zipporah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eliezer;   Gershom;   Judges;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eliezer ;   Jethro ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Name;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Elie'zar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Name;   Rephidim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   On to Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliezer;   Jethro;   Wanderings of Israel;   Zipporah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Azariah;   Eliezer;   Elohist;   Invocation;   Jethro;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The name of the other was Eli`ezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Par`oh's sword."
King James Version
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Lexham English Bible
and the one whose name was Eliezer, for "the God of my father was my help, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
New Century Version
The other son was named Eliezer, because when he was born, Moses said, "The God of my father is my help. He saved me from the king of Egypt."
New English Translation
and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, "The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
Amplified Bible
The other [son] was named Eliezer (my God is help), for Moses said, "The God of my father was my help, and He rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh."
New American Standard Bible
And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and saved me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)
Legacy Standard Bible
And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Complete Jewish Bible
The name of the other was Eli‘ezer [my God helps], "because the God of my father helped me by rescuing me from Pharaoh's sword."
Darby Translation
—and the name of the other, Eliezer—For the God of my father has been my help, and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Easy-to-Read Version
The other son was named Eliezer, because when he was born, Moses said, "The God of my father helped me and saved me from the king of Egypt."
English Standard Version
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
George Lamsa Translation
And the name of the other was Eliezer; For the God of my fathers, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh;
Good News Translation
He had also said, "The God of my father helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt"; so he had named the other son Eliezer.)
Christian Standard Bible®
and the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).
Literal Translation
and one's name was Eliezer (for the God of my father was my Help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh).
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the other was called Eliaser, for he sayde: The God of my fathers hath bene my helpe, and hath delyuered me from Pharaos swerde.
American Standard Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Bible in Basic English
And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father [sayde he] was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sworde of Pharao.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the name of the other was Eliezer: 'for the God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.'
King James Version (1611)
And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my father is my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao.
English Revised Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Berean Standard Bible
The other son was named Eliezer, because Moses had said, "The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe the tother was clepid Eliezer, for Moises seide, God of my fadir is myn helpere, and he delyuerede me fro the swerd of Farao.
Young's Literal Translation
and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'
Update Bible Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer; for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; (for the God of my father, [said he], [was] my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:)
World English Bible
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
New King James Version
and the name of the other was Eliezer [fn] (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh");
New Living Translation
His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, "The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.")
New Life Bible
The other was given the name Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help. And He saved me from the sword of Pharaoh."
New Revised Standard
and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, the name of the other, Eliezer, for the God of my father, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Revised Standard Version
and the name of the other, Elie'zer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."

Contextual Overview

1 And when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kinsman of Moses, had heard all the things that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought forth Israel out of Egypt: 2 He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back: 3 And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country. 4 And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao. 5 And Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, came with his sons, and his wife to Moses into the desert, where he was camped by the mountain of God. 6 And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jethro, thy kinsman, come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons with her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eliezer: i.e. my God is an help, Psalms 46:1, Isaiah 50:7-9, Hebrews 13:6

delivered: Exodus 2:15, Psalms 18:1, *title Psalms 18:48, Psalms 34:4, Daniel 6:22, Acts 12:11, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Timothy 4:17

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 23:15 - Gershom 1 Chronicles 26:25 - Eliezer

Cross-References

Genesis 18:5
And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.
Genesis 18:15
Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Genesis 19:2
And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street.
Genesis 24:32
And he brought him into his lodging; and he unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and hay, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were come with him.
Genesis 43:24
And having brought them into the house, he fetched water, and they washed their feet, and he gave provender to their asses.
1 Samuel 25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
Luke 7:44
And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon: Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy house: thou gavest me no water for my feet. But she with tears hath washed my feet; and with her hairs hath wiped them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the name of the other was Eliezer,.... Who seems to be his second son, and was that which was circumcised by Zipporah at the inn, and about which there was such a stir, Exodus 4:24, and signifies "my God [is] help", or, his helper:

for the God of my father, [said he], was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh; who, on hearing that Moses had killed an Egyptian, was wroth with him, and sought to slay him; and perhaps drew his sword for that purpose, but was prevented: however, this, in all human probability, would have been the case, that he would have fallen by his sword either in a private or public manner, had it not been for the interposition of divine Providence, and therefore he gave this name to his child, to be a standing memorial of it.


 
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