Exodus 2:21
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.”
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- KJV
- And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- WEB
- Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
- ASV
- And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- DARBY
- And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- BLB
- And Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
- ÅB
- Og Moses samtykket i å bli hos mannen; og han lot Moses få sin datter Sippora til hustru.
- OTB
- Moses gikk med på å bli hos mannen, som ga sin datter Sippora til Moses som hans kone.
- B1930
- Og Moses samtykket i å bli hos mannen; og han lot Moses få sin datter Sippora til hustru.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 31:38–40
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
Read in contextHebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Read in context1 Timothy 6:6
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Read in contextExodus 2:10
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
Read in contextExodus 18:2–6
After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
Read in contextHebrews 11:25
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Read in contextExodus 4:20–25
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:11–12
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
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