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Exodus 2:18

Jethro

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

17 And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.

When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19 “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

20 “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
KJV
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
WEB
When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”
ASV
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
DARBY
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?
BLB
And they came to Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you returned so early today?”
ÅB
Da de så kom hjem til Re'uel, sin far, sa han: Hvorfor kommer dere så snart idag?
OTB
Da jentene kom tilbake til sin far Reuel, spurte han: «Hvorfor er dere kommet tilbake så tidlig i dag?»
B1930
Da de så kom hjem til Re'uel, sin far, sa han: Hvorfor kommer I så snart idag?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 3:1

    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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  • Numbers 10:29

    Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

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  • Exodus 4:18

    Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

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  • Exodus 18:1–12

    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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  • Numbers 19:20

    But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

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