6 Jethro had sent word to him, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons."
6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
6 And when he sent word to Moses, "I,
6 He had sent a message ahead to Moses: "I, your father-in-law, am coming to you with your wife and two sons."
6 Now he had said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her."
6 Jethro had sent a message to Moses, saying, "I, Jethro, your father-in-law, am coming to see you with your wife and your two sons."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 18:6
Commentary on Exodus 18:1-6
(Read Exodus 18:1-6)
Jethro came to rejoice with Moses in the happiness of Israel, and to bring his wife and children to him. Moses must have his family with him, that while he ruled the church of God, he might set a good example in family government, 1 Timothy 3:5.