Exodus 2:20

20 He asked his daughters, "Where is he? Why did you leave the man there? Invite him to have something to eat."

Exodus 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:20

And he said unto his daughters, and where is he?
&c.] By the account Reuel's daughters gave of Moses, of his courage and humanity, he was very desirous of seeing him:

why [is it] that ye have left the man?
behind them at the well, and had not brought him along with them; he seemed to be displeased, and chides them, and tacitly suggests that they were rude and ungrateful not to ask a stranger, and one that had been so kind to them, to come with them and refresh himself:

call him, that he may eat bread;
take meat with them, bread being put for all provisions.

Exodus 2:20 In-Context

18 When they came to Re'u'el their father, he said, "How come you're back so soon today?"
19 They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds; more than that, he drew water for us and watered the sheep."
20 He asked his daughters, "Where is he? Why did you leave the man there? Invite him to have something to eat."
21 Moshe was glad to stay on with the man, and he gave Moshe his daughter Tzipporah in marriage.
22 She gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom [foreigner there], for he said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land."
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