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Exodus 2:18
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16 aNow the priest of Midian had seven daughters. bAnd they came and drew water, and they filled the ctroughs to water their father’s flock.  
17 Then the ashepherds came and bdrove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and cwatered their flock.  
18 When they came to aReuel their father, bhe said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”  
19 And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”
20 So he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may aeat bread.”  
21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave aZipporah his daughter to Moses.  
22 And she bore him a son. He called his name aGershom, for he said, “I have been ba stranger in a foreign land.”  
Verse Comparison: Exodus 2:18

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American Standard Version
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?

Amplified® Bible
And when they came to Reuel [Jethro] their father, he said, How is it that you have come so soon today?

Contemporary English Version
When Jethro's daughters returned home, their father asked, "Why have you come back so early today?"

Darby English Version
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?

Good News Bible
When they returned to their father, he asked, "Why have you come back so early today?"

King James Version
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

New American Standard Bible
When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "Why have you come {back} so soon today?"

New International Version
When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?"

New King James Version
When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?"

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?"

Revised Standard Version
When they came to their father Reu'el, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?"

Young's Literal Translation
And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, `Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?'


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