King James Version
Exodus 2:20 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 2:20 · KJV
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.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. Gershom: that is, A stranger here
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto his daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“And where is he why is it that ye have left”
H5800to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the man”
H376a 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)
“call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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