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Selected Verse: Exodus 18:4 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ex 18:4	King James	And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
Eliezer That is, God is help.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

Eliezer

That is, God is help.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The name of the other was Eliezer - My God a help: it looks back to his deliverance from Pharaoh, when he made his escape after the slaying of the Egyptian; but if this were the son that was circumcised in the inn, I would rather translate it, The Lord is mine help, and will deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh, which he had reason to expect would be drawn against him, when he was going to fetch Israel out of bondage.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The name of the other was Eliezer - My God a help: it looks back to his deliverance from Pharaoh, when he made his escape after the slaying of the Egyptian; but if this were the son that was circumcised in the inn, I would rather translate it, The Lord is mine help, and will deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh, which he had reason to expect would be drawn against him, when he was going to fetch Israel out of bondage.

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