KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 2:19
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
WEB World English Bible
They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”
ASV American Standard Version
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;’
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day?
19 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.
20 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.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
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וַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָH559 · a.marto sayאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanמִצְרִ֔יH4713 · mits.riEgyptianהִצִּילָ֖נוּH5337 · na.tsalto rescueמִיַּ֣דH3027 · yadhandהָרֹעִ֑יםH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsוְגַם־H1571 · gamalsoדָּלֹ֤הH1802 · da.lahto draw (up/out)דָלָה֙H1802 · da.lahto draw (up/out)לָ֔נוּH9035 · nuusוַיַּ֖שְׁקְH8248 · sha.qahto water: wateringאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַצֹּֽאן׃H6629 · tsonflock
Cross-references
Genesis 50:11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This [is] a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.Genesis 29:10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
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