19They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock."


In Context

16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

17 Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.

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

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

20 "And where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat."

21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

Exodus 2:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] enough for us, and watered the flock.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:19They answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds: and he drew water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water abundantly for us, and watered the flock.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19They said, |An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19and 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;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.