They responded: "A man of Egypt freed us from the hands of the shepherds. Moreover, he also drew water with us and gave the sheep to drink."
Exodus 2:18 - Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had returned to their father, Reuel, he said to them, "Why have you arrived sooner than usual?" 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when they came to Reuel [Jethro] their father, he said, How is it that you have come so soon today? American Standard Version (1901) And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? Common English Bible When they went back home to their father Reuel, he asked, “How were you able to come back home so soon today?” Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they returned to Raguel their father, he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual? English Standard Version 2016 When they came home to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today?” |
They responded: "A man of Egypt freed us from the hands of the shepherds. Moreover, he also drew water with us and gave the sheep to drink."
Now Moses was pasturing the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, a priest of Midian. And when he had driven the flock into the interior of the desert, he came to the mountain of God, Horeb.
Moses went forth, and he returned to Jethro, his father in law, and he said to him, "I shall go and return to my brothers in Egypt, so that I may see if they are still alive." And Jethro said to him, "Go in peace."
And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Midianite, his kinsman: "We are setting out to the place which the Lord will give to us. Come with us, so that we may do good to you. For the Lord has promised good things to Israel."
If anyone has not been expiated by this ritual, his soul shall perish from the midst of the Church. For he has polluted the Sanctuary of the Lord, and he has not been sprinkled with purifying waters.