Exodus 2:20

20 He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may ¹eat bread. ”

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 home to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today? ”

19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and watered the flock. ”

20 He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. ”

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

22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land. ”

Cross References

• 1. 2:20 Gen. 31:54; 43:25