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


In Context

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.

22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become an alien in a foreign land."

23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

Exodus 2:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.