Exodus 18:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare;c and they came into the tent. ”

Exodus 18:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Asked each other of their welfare - Addressed each other with the customary salutation, “Peace be unto you.”
Exodus 18:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jethro as Priest. Exodus 18:1 a (Midian) J, Exodus 18:1 b E, Exodus 18:1 c (supply heard) J, Exodus 18:2-4 Rje, Exodus 18:5 E, Exodus 18:6 a(b) - Exodus 18:7 J, Exodus 18:8 ab (was)...
Exodus 18:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And Moses went out. In the foregoing verse he had related what happened last, viz., that Jethro said, I am come, and have brought to thee thy wife and children; but this transposition is...
Exodus 18:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. And did obeisance - וישתחו vaiyishtachu, he...
Exodus 18:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Welfare— In the Hebrew, peace; the usual inquiry and salutation among the easterns: a word implying all temporal and spiritual good.
Exodus 18:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Moses went out ... Their salutations...
Exodus 18:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Visit of Jethro 1. On the name Jethro , see Exodus 2:16 , and on Midian, Exodus 2:15 .
Exodus 18:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Moses went out... And did obeisance. — Oriental etiquette required the going forth to meet an honoured guest ( Genesis 18:2 ; Genesis 19:1 , &c). The obeisance was wholly voluntary, and marks...
Exodus 18:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses Tells Jethro of God's Goodness Exodus 18:1-12 The names that Moses gave his two sons betray the drift of his thoughts during the forty years of his shepherd life. May we ever remember tha...
Exodus 18:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have an interesting interruption of the main narrative. Jethro arrests our attention and compels recognition of certain facts which we are liable to forget, as also were the Israelites of old...
Exodus 18:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader may make applications of these things in a spiritual sense to his own state; and what a volume hath everyone to unfold to a friend after a long separation! Psalms 66:16 .
Exodus 18:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses went out to meet his father in law ,.... Out of the camp, at least out of his tent: the Targum of Jonathan says, from under the cloud of glory; how far he went is not certain, nor material...
Exodus 18:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. And did obeisance. ] Sir Thomas...
Exodus 18:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MOSES RECEIVING JETHRO (vs.1-12) Apparently Moses took his wife Zipporah and Gershom, his son, to Egypt when he returned there at God's call (ch.4:24-26). Likely his second son Eliezer, was born...
Exodus 18:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 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. 8 And Moses told his father in...
Exodus 18:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of their welfare, Heb. of their peace , i.e. prosperity and all happiness, which also they wished one to the other, as this phrase implies. See 1 Samuel 10:4 Psalms 122:6 .
Exodus 18:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jethro Visits and Advises Moses ( Exodus 18:1-27 ). There is little doubt that under God, Jethro's visit saved Moses from being on the verge of nervous exhaustion. In return Moses will bring enlig...
Exodus 18:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 18:1 . Midian.]—If we mar assume that these Midianites were descendants of Midian, son of Abraham by Keturah ( Genesis 25:2 ), our wonder will be lessened that among this...
Exodus 18:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 18:7 I. This world is not a scene adapted or intended to afford the pleasure and benefit of friendship entire. Men cannot collect and keep around them an assemblage of congenial spirits, t...
Exodus 18:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 18:5 . Jethro came to Moses at the mount of God. Horeb and Sinai, where God resided in glory, wrought miracles, and published his law. It would seem that Jethro stayed with Moses till the l...
Exodus 18:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

They asked each other of their welfare. Friends meeting after separation I. This world is not a scene adapted or intended to afford the pleasure and benefit of friendship entire. Men cannot col...
Exodus 18:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

JETHRO 'S VISIT TO MOSES . EXPOSITION JETHRO 'S VISIT TO MOSES . It has been noticed, in the comment on Exodus 4:1-2 ; that shortly after the circumcision of Eliezer, Moses' second...
Exodus 18:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jethro Arrives with Zipporah
Exodus 18:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

went Genesis 14:17 Genesis 46:29 Numbers 22:36 Judges 11:34 1 Kings 2:19 Acts 28:15 did obeisance Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 33:3-7 kissed Genesis 29:13 Genesis 31:28 Ge...
Exodus 18:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Giving the Glory to God Exodus 18:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How fittingly does our chapter open: "When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Mose...

Exodus 18:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 18:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 18:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 18:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 18:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 18:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 18:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 18:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 18:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 18:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 18:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 18:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 18:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 18:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary