When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, ‘Because,’ she said, ‘I drew him out of the water.’
Exodus 2:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. Common English Bible Moses agreed to come and live with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses as his wife. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Moses swore that he would live with him. And he accepted his daughter Zipporah as a wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife. |
When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, ‘Because,’ she said, ‘I drew him out of the water.’
‘So where is he? ’ he asked his daughters. ‘Why then did you leave the man behind? Invite him to eat dinner.’
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro, and said to him, ‘Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.’ Jethro said to Moses, ‘Go in peace.’
Moses said to Hobab, descendant of Reuel the Midianite and Moses’s relative by marriage, ‘We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised, “I will give it to you.” Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.’
Miriam and Aaron criticised Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman).
‘When he heard this, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you. ,
but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.