Exodus 2:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 2:19

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.”

23 Now it happened ^ain the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel ^bgroaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and ^ctheir cry came up to God because of the bondage.

24 So God ^aheard their groaning, and God ^bremembered His ^ccovenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 2:19

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American Standard Version
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.

Amplified® Bible
They said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds; also he drew water for us and watered the flock.

Contemporary English Version
They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds, and he even watered our sheep and goats."

Darby English Version
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] abundantly for us, and watered the flock.

Good News Bible
"An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds," they answered, "and he even drew water for us and watered our animals."

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
So they said, "An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock."

New International Version
They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock."

New King James Version
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."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So they said, "An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and furthermore, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock."

Revised Standard Version
They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and even drew water for us and watered the flock."

Young's Literal Translation
and they say, `A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;'

New English Translation
They said, “An Egyptian man rescued us¹ from the shepherds,² and he actually³ drew water for us and watered the flock!”

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