KJV King James Version
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
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Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
WEB World English Bible
Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth it to touch his feet, and saith, ‘Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me;’
Surrounding context — Exodus 4
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn.
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because of the circumcision.
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתִּקַּ֨חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeצִפֹּרָ֜הH6855 · tsip.po.rahZipporahצֹ֗רH6864 · tsorflintוַתִּכְרֹת֙H3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עָרְלַ֣תH6190 · or.lah(Gilgal)-haaralothבְּנָ֔הּH1121 · benson: childוַתַּגַּ֖עH5060 · na.gato touchלְרַגְלָ֑יוH7272 · re.gelfootוַתֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayכִּ֧יH3588 · kiforחֲתַן־H2860 · cha.tanson-in-lawדָּמִ֛יםH1818 · dambloodאַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)לִֽי׃H9030 · nime
Cross-references
Joshua 5:2-3At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.Genesis 17:14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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