Exodus 2:21
And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
In Context
20But he said: Where is he? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread.
Cross References
Genesis 31:38Have I therefore been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat:
Exodus 3:1Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.
Exodus 4:25Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the fore skin of her son, and touched his feet and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.
Numbers 10:29And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, his kinsman: We are going towards the place which the Lord will give us: come with us, that we may do thee good : for the Lord hath promised good things to Israel.
Philippians 4:11I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith.
Hebrews 11:25Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin for a time,
Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:17-23
The Marriage of Moses. ( b. c. 1533.) 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? 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. 20 And… Read the whole commentary →