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Exodus 2:20

He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”

Exodus 2:20 · World English Bible

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Exodus 2:20 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”

NHEB New Heart English Bible

He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."

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In context

17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”

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

20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”

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

22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”

23 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

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