Exodus 18:10

18:10 Jethro said, “Blessed ¹  be the Lord who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from the Egyptians’ control! ² 

Exodus 39:43

39:43 Moses inspected ³  all the work – and ⁴  they had done it just as the Lord had commanded – they had done it exactly – and Moses blessed them. ⁵ 

[18:10]  ¹ tn This is a common form of praise. The verb בָּרוּךְ (barukh) is the Qal passive participle of the verb. Here must be supplied a jussive, making this participle the predicate: “May Yahweh be blessed.” The verb essentially means “to enrich”; in praise it would mean that he would be enriched by the praises of the people.

[18:10]  ² tn Heb “from under the hand of the Egyptians.”

[39:43]  ³ tn Or “examined” (NASB, TEV); NCV “looked closely at.”

[39:43]  ⁴ tn The deictic particle draws attention to what he saw in such a way as to give the reader Moses’ point of view and a sense of his pleasure: “and behold, they…”

[39:43]  ⁵ sn The situation and wording in Exod 39:43 are reminiscent of Gen 1:28 and 31, with the motifs of blessing people and inspecting what has been made.