Exodus 2:20

20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”

Exodus 2:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
ESV
20 He said to his daughters, "Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
NLT
20 “Then where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave him there? Invite him to come and eat with us.”
MSG
20 He said, "So where is he? Why did you leave him behind? Invite him so he can have something to eat with us."
CSB
20 "So where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why then did you leave the man behind? Invite him to eat dinner."

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 the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
19 They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. Genesis 18:2-5; Genesis 31:54
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