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.
And Jethro said, 'Praise the LORD, who has rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and from Pharaoh's control, who has freed the people from Egyptian oppression.'
Jethro is praising God for delivering Moses and the Israelites from their slavery and oppression in Egypt.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Exodus, this verse occurs when Jethro, Moses' father-in-law and a priest of Midian, visits Moses in the wilderness after the Israelites' dramatic escape from Egypt. At this point, the Israelites have been freed from slavery through God's powerful interventions, such as the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. Jethro's words highlight how even outsiders to the Israelite community recognized and praised God's deliverance.
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