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Exodus 2:18 KJV
Exodus · chapter 2 · verse 18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?Exodus 2:18 · King James Version
Exodus 2:18 in context
16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
20And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- ReuelRᵉʻûwʼêlReuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an IsraeliteH7467 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- soonmâharproperly, to be liquid or flow easilyH4116 →
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Moses here gains a settlement in Midian, just as his father Jacob had gained one in Syria, Gen 29:2, etc. And both these instances should encourage us to trust Providence, and to follow it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22