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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 18, Verse 6

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And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
King James Version
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
American Standard Version
and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
New English Translation
He said to Moses,“I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her.”
World English Bible
He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."
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And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of [their] welfare; and they came into the tent.
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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.
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
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And Jethro said, Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
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Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly [he was] above them.
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And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
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And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What [is] this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
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And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
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When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of God, and his laws.