Exodus 2:17

Some shepherds arrived and chased them off, but Moses intervened and rescued them, and watered their flock.

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In The King James Version

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

In Context

16the Midianite priest's seven daughters came to fetch water to fill up the troughs so their father's flock could drink.

18When they got home, their father Reuel asked them, “How did you get back so quickly today?”

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25Then Abraham raised an issue with Abimelech of a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

Genesis 29:10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, he went over and rolled away the stone from the well so Laban's sheep could drink.

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 →

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