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Exodus 2:17

Moses
JusticeCourage and strength

15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

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.

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BSB
And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
KJV
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
WEB
The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
ASV
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
DARBY
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.
BLB
And the shepherds came and drove them away, and Moses arose and saved them, and he watered their flock.
ÅB
Så kom det noen gjætere og drev dem bort; men Moses sto opp og hjalp dem og vannet deres småfe.
OTB
Noen gjetere kom og drev dem bort, men Moses reiste seg, hjalp dem og vannet flokken deres.
B1930
Så kom det nogen gjætere og drev dem bort; men Moses stod op og hjalp dem og vannet deres småfe.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 29:10

    And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

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  • Genesis 21:25

    And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

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  • Exodus 2:12

    And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

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  • Genesis 26:15–22

    For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

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