Exodus 2:20

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.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19And they said: 'An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.'

21And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.' And they said: 'So do, as thou hast said.'

Genesis 24:31And he said: 'Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.'

Genesis 31:54And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

Job 31:32The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.

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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