Exodus 18:4
in Exodus 18The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
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ASV
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.
KJV
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:
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This verse in Exodus 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the name of the one was Gershom
on Exodus 18:3-4
Gershom was named at Exodus 2:22, where Moses said he had been a stranger in a strange land, and the same explanation is repeated here as an alien in a strange land. Eliezer is named in one verse of Exodus and nowhere else in the book, and what his name records is a rescue, that the God of my father was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. Moses had fled that sword at Exodus 2:15, and the private deliverance he put into a son's name is the thing God has now done for a nation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
11 Now I know that the L ORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. 12 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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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הָאֶחָ֖ד | haechad | the one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר | ʾeliezer | [was] Eliezer | H461 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֤י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אָבִי֙ | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּעֶזְרִ֔י | beezri | [has been] <in> help my | H5828 → | |
| וַיַּצִּלֵ֖נִי | vaiyatzileni | and he has delivered me | H5337 → | 212 times |
| מֵחֶ֥רֶב | mecherev | from [the] sword of | H2719 → | 413 times |
| פַּרְעֹֽה׃ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
הָאֶחָ֖דthe one
haechadH259 →971 times
אֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר[was] Eliezer
ʾeliezerH461 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אָבִי֙father my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
בְּעֶזְרִ֔י[has been] <in> help my
beezriH5828 →
וַיַּצִּלֵ֖נִיand he has delivered me
vaiyatzileniH5337 →212 times
מֵחֶ֥רֶבfrom [the] sword of
mecherevH2719 →413 times
פַּרְעֹֽה׃Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
it leads to
- Psalms 118:6–9
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Psalms 27:1–3
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 124:8
Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Psalms 118:6–9
Through
Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
it leads to
- Daniel 6:22
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 6:22
Through
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of…
it leads to
- 1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Philippians 1:12–14
Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.
- 1 Peter 5:8
About Exodus
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.