Exodus 2:17
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?
Cross References
Genesis 21:25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
Genesis 29:10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and 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 →