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Exodus 2:20 KJV
Exodus · chapter 2 · verse 20
And 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.Exodus 2:20 · King James Version
Exodus 2:20 in context
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.
22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- leftʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- callqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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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