Thematic Bible: Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter


Thematic Bible



And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, 'We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.'

And Moses goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who are in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.' And Jethro saith to Moses, 'Go in peace.'

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well. And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father, and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock. read more.
And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, 'Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?' 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;' and he saith unto his daughters, 'And where is he? why is this? -- ye left the man! call for him, and he doth eat bread.' And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'