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Exodus 18:4

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."

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.
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.
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 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, was a priest in Midian. He heard about the many ways that God helped Moses and the Israelites. He heard about the Lord leading the Israelites out of Egypt. 2 So Jethro went to Moses while Moses was camped near the mountain of God. Jethro brought Moses' wife, Zipporah, with him. (Zipporah was not with Moses, because Moses had sent her home.) 3 Jethro also brought Moses' two sons with him. The first son was named Gershom, because when he was born, Moses said, "I am a stranger in a foreign country." 4 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." 5 So Jethro went to Moses while Moses was camped in the desert near the mountain of God. Moses' wife and his two sons were with Jethro. 6 Jethro sent a message to Moses that said, "This is your father-in-law Jethro. I am bringing your wife and her two sons to you."

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
I will get some food for you, and you can eat as much as you want. Then you can continue your journey." The three men said, "Do as you wish."
Genesis 18:15
Sarah said, "I didn't laugh!" (She said this because she was afraid.) Then the Lord said, "No, I know that is not true. You did laugh!"
Genesis 24:32
So Abraham's servant went into the house. Laban unloaded his camels and gave them straw and feed. Then he gave Abraham's servant water so that he and the men with him could wash their feet.
Genesis 43:24
The servant led the men into Joseph's house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he fed their donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:41
Abigail bowed her face to the ground. She said, "I am willing to be your slave woman, even if it is only to wash the feet of my master's servants."
Luke 7:44
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave me no water for my feet. But she washed my feet with her tears and dried my feet with her hair.
1 Timothy 5:10
She must be known for the good she has done: raising children, welcoming travelers into her home, serving the needs of God's people, helping those in trouble, and using her life to do all kinds of good.

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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