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Exodus 2:19 KJV
Exodus · chapter 2 · verse 19
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.Exodus 2:19 · King James Version
Exodus 2:19 in context
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.
21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deliverednâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- shepherdsrâʻâhto tend a flockH7462 →
- EgyptianMitsrîya Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimH4713 →
- Egyptianʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- wateredshâqâhto quaffH8248 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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