Exodus 2:17
The shepherds came and tried to drive them away, but Moses went and helped them. Then he watered their flock.
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18When the girls went to Reuel their father, he said, “Why are you home so early today?”
Cross References
Genesis 21:25Abraham also complained to Abimelech concerning a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized from him.
Genesis 29:10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, Jacob came over, rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban, his mother's brother.
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 →