King James Version
Exodus 2:21 in the King James Version says “And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.”
Exodus 2:21 · KJV
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
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was content”
H2974properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
“to dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with 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)
“and he gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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