Exodus 2:20

20 And he said to 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] you are come so soon to day?

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

20 And he said to 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: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.