Parasha: Yitro · Aliyah: First (Chesed)

Exodus 18:1–18:12
י"ח:א׳ וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע יִתְר֨וֹ כֹהֵ֤ן מִדְיָן֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְמֹשֶׁ֔ה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־הוֹצִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
18:1 Jethro priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the LORD had brought Israel out from Egypt.
18:1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel His people, how that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
י"ח:א׳ וּשְׁמַע יִתְרוֹ רַבָּא דְמִדְיָן חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה יַת כָּל דִי עֲבַד יְיָ לְמשֶׁה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֵהּ אֲרֵי אַפִּיק יְיָ יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִצְרָיִם:
י"ח:ב׳ וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃
18:2 So Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent home,
18:2 And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’wife, after he had sent her away,
י"ח:ב׳ וּדְבַר יִתְרוֹ חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה יָת צִפֹּרָה אִתַּת משֶׁה בָּתַר דְפַטְרַהּ:
י"ח:ג׳ וְאֵ֖ת שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֑יהָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאֶחָד֙ גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה׃
18:3 and her two sons—of whom one was named Gershom, that is to say, “I have been a strangeraHeb. ger. in a foreign land”;
18:3 and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land’;
י"ח:ג׳ וְיָת תְּרֵין בְּנָהָא דִי שׁוּם חַד גֵרְשֹׁם אֲרֵי אֲמַר דַיָר הֲוֵיתִי בְּאַרְעָא נוּכְרָאָה:
י"ח:ד׳ וְשֵׁ֥ם הָאֶחָ֖ד אֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר כִּֽי־אֱלֹהֵ֤י אָבִי֙ בְּעֶזְרִ֔י וַיַּצִּלֵ֖נִי מֵחֶ֥רֶב פַּרְעֹֽה׃
18:4 and the other was named Eliezer,bLit. “(My) God is help.” meaning, “The God of my father was my help, and He delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
18:4 and the name of the other was Eliezer: ‘for the God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.’
י"ח:ד׳ וְשׁוּם חַד אֱלִיעֶזֶר אֲרֵי אֱלָהָא דְאַבָּא הֲוָה בְסַעְדִי וְשֵׁזְבַנִי מֵחַרְבָּא דְפַרְעֹה:
י"ח:ה׳ וַיָּבֹ֞א יִתְר֨וֹ חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֛ה וּבָנָ֥יו וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר אֲשֶׁר־ה֛וּא חֹנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם הַ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
18:5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought Moses’ sons and wife to him in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
18:5 And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God;
י"ח:ה׳ וַאֲתָא יִתְרוֹ חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה וּבְנוֹהִי וְאִתְּתֵהּ לְוָת משֶׁה לְמַדְבְּרָא דִי הוּא שָׁרֵי תַמָן לְטוּרָא דְאִתְגְלֵי עֲלוֹהִי יְקָרָא דַיְיָ:
י"ח:ו׳ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֲנִ֛י חֹתֶנְךָ֥ יִתְר֖וֹ בָּ֣א אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ וּשְׁנֵ֥י בָנֶ֖יהָ עִמָּֽהּ׃
18:6 He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons.”
18:6 and he said unto Moses: ‘I thy father-in-law Jethro am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.’
י"ח:ו׳ וַאֲמַר לְמשֶׁה אֲנָא חֲמוּךְ יִתְרוֹ אָתֵי לְוָתָךְ וְאִתְּתָךְ וּתְרֵין בְּנָהָא עִמַהּ:
י"ח:ז׳ וַיֵּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִקְרַ֣את חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ וַיִּשַּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ אִישׁ־לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ הָאֹֽהֱלָה׃
18:7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed low and kissed him; each asked after the other’s welfare, and they went into the tent.
18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
י"ח:ז׳ וּנְפַק משֶׁה לְקַדָמוּת חֲמוּהִי וּסְגִיד וּנְשִׁיק לֵהּ וּשְׁאִילוּ גְבַר לְחַבְרֵהּ לִשְׁלָם וְעַלוּ לְמַשְׁכְּנָא:
י"ח:ח׳ וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ לְחֹ֣תְנ֔וֹ אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְפַרְעֹ֣ה וּלְמִצְרַ֔יִם עַ֖ל אוֹדֹ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֤ת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מְצָאָ֣תַם בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ וַיַּצִּלֵ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃
18:8 Moses then recounted to his father-in-law everything that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had befallen them on the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
18:8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
י"ח:ח׳ וְאִשְׁתָּעִי משֶׁה לַחֲמוּהִי יָת כָּל דִי עֲבַד יְיָ לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרָאֵי עַל עֵסַק יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת כָּל עַקְתָא דִי אַשְׁכַּחְתִּנוּן בְּאָרְחָא וְשֵׁזְבָנוּן יְיָ:
י"ח:ט׳ וַיִּ֣חַדְּ יִתְר֔וֹ עַ֚ל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצִּיל֖וֹ מִיַּ֥ד מִצְרָֽיִם׃
18:9 And Jethro rejoiced over all the kindness that the LORD had shown Israel when He delivered them from the Egyptians.
18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
י"ח:ט׳ וַחֲדִי יִתְרוֹ עַל כָּל טַבְתָא דִי עֲבַד יְיָ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל דִי שֵׁזְבֵיהּ מִידָא דְמִצְרָאֵי:
י"ח:י׳ וַיֹּאמֶר֮ יִתְרוֹ֒ בָּר֣וּךְ יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִיַּ֥ד מִצְרַ֖יִם וּמִיַּ֣ד פַּרְעֹ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִצִּיל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת יַד־מִצְרָֽיִם׃
18:10 “Blessed be the LORD,” Jethro said, “who delivered you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh, and who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
18:10 And Jethro said: ‘Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
י"ח:י׳ וַאֲמַר יִתְרוֹ בְּרִיךְ יְיָ דִי שֵׁזִיב יָתְכוֹן מִידָא דְמִצְרָאֵי וּמִידָא דְפַרְעֹה דִי שֵׁזִיב יָת עַמָא מִתְּחוֹת מַרְוַת מִצְרָאֵי:
י"ח:י"א עַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּֽי־גָד֥וֹל יְהוָ֖ה מִכָּל־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י בַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר זָד֖וּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, cMeaning of Heb. uncertain.yes, by the result of their very schemes against [the people].”-c
18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.’
י"ח:י"א כְּעַן יְדַעְנָא אֲרֵי רַב יְיָ וְלֵית אֱלָהּ בַּר מִנֵהּ אֲרֵי בְּפִתְגָמָא דִי חַשִׁיבוּ מִצְרָאֵי לְמִדַן יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּהּ דָנִנוּן:
י"ח:י"ב וַיִּקַּ֞ח יִתְר֨וֹ חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֛ה עֹלָ֥ה וּזְבָחִ֖ים לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֨א אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְכֹ֣ל ׀ זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֶאֱכָל־לֶ֛חֶם עִם־חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
18:12 And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to partake of the meal before God with Moses’ father-in-law.
18:12 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.
י"ח:י"ב וְקָרִיב יִתְרוֹ חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה עֲלָוָן וְנִכְסַת קוּדְשִׁין קֳדָם יְיָ וַאֲתָא אַהֲרֹן וְכֹל סָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵיכַל לַחְמָא עִם חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה קֳדָם יְיָ:

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