Bible Strands
Exodus 18:6
He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jethro sends a message to Moses while Moses is encamped at the mountain of God, announcing his approach before physically arriving.
The words — חֹתֶנְ/ךָ (cho.ten./kha) means “your father-in-law,” and בָּא (ba') means “[am] coming,” anchoring the announcement in kinship and imminent movement.
The thread — The verse continues the Exodus narrative’s pattern of pre-arrival notification and familial reunion, tracking the movement of Jethro’s household toward the desert encampment.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to note the deliberate advance warning that structures the encounter, establishing the relational and logistical groundwork for the meeting recorded in the following verse.
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The Hebrew words
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.