And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
- BSB Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- NKJV Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
- NASB And Moses was willing to live with the man. And he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
- NLT Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
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Quick answer
Moses agrees to stay, and Reuel gives him his daughter Zipporah as wife. Moses establishes a home in Midian.
Overview
Marriage and settled life mark the start of Moses' long sojourn away from Egypt. These quiet years form part of God's hidden preparation of His chosen leader. Far from the palace, the future deliverer learns the wilderness through which he will one day lead Israel.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 31:38–40This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
- Heb 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- Exod 4:20–25And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
- 1 Tim 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Exod 2:10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
- Phil 4:11–12Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
- Exod 18:2–6Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- Jas 1:10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- Heb 11:25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
- Num 12:1And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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