17:11. And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel overcame; but if he let them down a little, Amalec overcame.
17:12. And Moses's hands were heavy: so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat on it: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands on both sides. And it came to pass, that his hands were not weary until sunset.
17:13. And Josue put Amalec and his people to flight, by the edge of the sword.
17:14. And the Lord said to Moses: Write this for a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Josue; for I will destroy the memory of Amalec from under heaven.
17:15. And Moses built an altar; and called the name thereof, The Lord, my exaltation, saying:
17:16. Because the hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord shall be against Amalec, from generation to generation.
Exodus Chapter 18
Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and children. His counsel.
18:1. And when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kinsman of Moses, had heard all the things that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought forth Israel out of Egypt:
18:2. He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back: