King James Version
Exodus 2:18 in the King James Version says “And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? Reuel: called also Jethro,...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether”
Exodus 2:18 · KJV
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. priest: or, prince
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether
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.
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to Reuel”
H7467reuel, the name of moses' father-in-law, also of an edomite and an israelite
“their father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“to day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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