KJV King James Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
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Exodus 2:21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
WEB World English Bible
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
ASV American Standard Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
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.
23 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.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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Hebrews 13:5[Let 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.Genesis 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.Exodus 18:2-6Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,Exodus 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.Exodus 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.Hebrews 11:25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;James 1:10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.Philippians 4:11-12Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.Numbers 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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