Exodus 2:20

20 And he said to his daughters, "Where [is] he? {Why then} have you left the man? {Call him so that he can eat some food}."

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 And they came to Reuel, their father, and he said, "{Why have you come so quickly} today?"

19 And they said, "An Egyptian man delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew [water] for us and watered the flock."

20 And he said to his daughters, "Where [is] he? {Why then} have you left the man? {Call him so that he can eat some food}."

21 And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, "I am an alien in a foreign land."

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "why this"
• [b] Literally "call to [or "summon/invite"] him and he will eat bread"