Exodus 2:20

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."

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 when they came to Reuel their father, he said, "How is it that ye have come so soon today?"

19 And they said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us and watered the flock."

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."

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

22 And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom [that is, A stranger there]; for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land."