King James Version
Exodus 2:19 in the King James Version says “And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 2:19 · KJV
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.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
KJV Study — Public Domain
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“us out of the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the shepherds”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“and also drew”
H1802properly, to dangle, i.e., to let down a bucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver
“and also drew”
H1802properly, to dangle, i.e., to let down a bucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver
“for us and watered”
H8248to quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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