John Gill Commentary Exodus 18:27

"And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land." — Exodus 18:27 (ASV)

And Moses let his father in law depart After he had been with him some time, and desired leave to go into his own country, which was granted; or he "dismissed" ^F25 him in an honourable way: and as he went out to meet him when he came, if he did not attend him, when he went, some way in person, yet sent a guard along with him, both for honour and for safety:

and he went his way into his own land ; the land of Midian: the Targum of Jonathan, "he went to proselyte all the children of his own country;" or, as Jarchi expresses it, the children of his family; and it is plain that the Kenites and Rechabites descended from him, who in later times lived among the Jews, and were proselytes to their religion, (Judges 1:16) (1 Chronicles 2:55) (Jeremiah 35:2) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F25: (xlvyw) "et dimisit", V. L. Tigurine version, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Piscator.