Key Verse Spotlight
Exodus 2:21 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.β
Exodus 2:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew {water} enough for us, and watered the flock.
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.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And she bare {him} a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. {Gershom: that is, A stranger here}
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
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