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Exodus 2:20

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20 Da sprach er zu seinen Töchtern: Und wo ist er? Warum habt ihr denn den Mann zurückgelassen? Rufet ihn, daß er mit uns esse. -

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.

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Exodus 2:20 In-Context

18 Und sie kamen zu Reghuel, ihrem Vater, und er sprach: Warum seid ihr heute so bald gekommen?
19 Und sie sprachen: Ein ägyptischer Mann hat uns aus der Hand der Hirten errettet und hat auch sogar für uns geschöpft und die Herde getränkt.
20 Da sprach er zu seinen Töchtern: Und wo ist er? Warum habt ihr denn den Mann zurückgelassen? Rufet ihn, daß er mit uns esse. -
21 Und Mose willigte ein, bei dem Manne zu bleiben; und er gab Mose Zippora, seine Tochter.
22 Und sie gebar einen Sohn, und er gab ihm den Namen Gersom, denn er sprach: Ein Fremdling bin ich geworden in fremdem Lande.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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