Exodus 18:27
Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.
BSB
ASV
And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
KJV
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
And Moses let his father-in-law depart - But if this be the same transaction with that mentioned Num 10:29, etc., we find that it was with great reluctance that Moses permitted so able a counsellor to leave him; for, having the highest opinion of his judgment, experience, and discretion, he pressed him to stay with them, that he might be instead of eyes to them in the desert.
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Genesis 24:59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
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Genesis 31:55Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
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But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
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Judges 19:9When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See,…
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Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.