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JPS Old Testament
Exodus 2:21
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Moshe was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moshe Tzipporah, his daughter.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
Moses agreed to stay with Jethro, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses to be his wife.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Moses was willing to remain with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah [to be his wife].
And Moses was willing to live with the man. And he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
And Moses agreed to dwell with the man: who gaue vnto Moses Zipporah his daughter:
And Moses was willing to settle down with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Moses agreed to stay on with Jethro, who later let his daughter Zipporah marry Moses.
Moshe was glad to stay on with the man, and he gave Moshe his daughter Tzipporah in marriage.
And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Moses was happy to stay with that man. Reuel let Moses marry his daughter, Zipporah.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
So Moses decided to live there, and Jethro gave him his daughter Zipporah in marriage,
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
And Moses consented to live with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gaue Moses his doughter Zipora,
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
And Moyses was content to dwell with the man: & he gaue Moyses Sephora his daughter:
And Moses was content to dwel with the man, and he gaue Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his daughter to Moses to wife.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Therfor Moises swoor, that he wolde dwelle with Jetro; and he took a wijf, Sefora, `the douyter of Jetro.
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
Moses was willing to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man, - and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zippo'rah.
Moses agreed to settle down there with the man, who then gave his daughter Zipporah (Bird) to him for his wife. She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom (Sojourner), saying, "I'm a sojourner in a foreign country."
Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
content: Exodus 2:10, Genesis 31:38-40, Philippians 4:11, Philippians 4:12, 1 Timothy 6:6, Hebrews 11:25, Hebrews 13:5, James 1:10
Zipporah: Exodus 4:20-25, Exodus 18:2-6, Numbers 12:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 29:9 - Rachel Exodus 3:1 - his father Exodus 18:1 - Jethro
Cross-References
And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they got them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Moses was content to dwell with the man,.... After he had been called and brought into the house, and had had some refreshment, and after some conversation had passed between them, and perhaps after some days' stay in Reuel's house; Reuel having observed his disposition and behaviour, and being delighted therewith, proposed to him to take up his residence with him, with which motion Moses was well pleased, and accepted of it:
and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter; to be his wife. It is not to be supposed that this was done directly; though both Philo u and Josephus w intimate as if it was done at first meeting together; but it is not likely that Reuel would dispose of his daughter so suddenly to a stranger, though he might at once entertain an high opinion of him; nor would Moses marry a woman directly he had so slender an acquaintance with, so little knowledge of her disposition, endowments of mind and religion. The Targum of Jonathan says it was at the end of ten years; and indeed forty years after this a son of his seems to have been young, having not till then been circumcised, Exodus 4:22. The author of the Life of Moses says x, that he was seventy seven years of age when he married Zipporah, which was but three years before he returned to Egypt. This circumstance of Moses's marrying Reuel's daughter is confirmed by Artapanus y an Heathen historian; and also by Demetrius z, and expressly calls her Sapphora, who he says was a daughter of Jother or Jethro; and likewise by Ezekiel the tragedian a.
u De Vita Mosis, l. 1. p. 611. w Antiqu. l. 2. c. 11. sect. 2. x Chronicon Mosis, fol. 9. 1. y Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 27. p. 434. z Ib. c. 29. p. 439. a lb. c. 28.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Moses tells us nothing of what he may have learned from his father-in-law, but he must have found in him a man conversant with the traditions of the family of Abraham; nor is there any improbability in the supposition that, as hereditary priest, Reuel may have possessed written documents concerning their common ancestors.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 2:21. Zipporah his daughter. — Abul Farajius calls her "Saphura the black, daughter of Rewel the Midianite, the son of Dedan, the son of Abraham by his wife Keturah." The Targum calls her the granddaughter of Reuel. It appears that Moses obtained Zipporah something in the same way that Jacob obtained Rachel; namely, for the performance of certain services, probably keeping of sheep: see Exodus 3:1.
