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Exodus 2:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man,—and he gave Zipporah his daughter, to Moses.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And Moses agreed to dwell with the man: who gaue vnto Moses Zipporah his daughter:
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And Moses was content to dwel with the man, and he gaue Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And Mosheh{gr.Moses} was established with the man, and he gave Zipporah{gr.Sepphora} his daughter to Mosheh{gr.Moses} to wife.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And Mosheh was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Mosheh Tzipporah his daughter.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And Möšè מֹשֶׁה 4872
{4872} Prime
מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh
{mo-sheh'}
From H4871; drawing out (of the water), that is, rescued; Mosheh, the Israelitish lawgiver.
was content 2974
{2974} Prime
יָאַל
ya'al
{yaw-al'}
A primitive root (probably rather the same as H2973 through the idea of mental weakness); properly to yield, especially assent; hence (positively) to undertake as an act of volition.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
to dwell 3427
{3427} Prime
יָשַׁב
yashab
{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
with x854
(0854) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Probably from H0579; properly nearness (used only as a preposition or adverb), near; hence generally with, by, at, among, etc.
the man: 376
{0376} Prime
אִישׁ
'iysh
{eesh}
Contracted for H0582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.).
and he gave 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Möšè מֹשֶׁה 4872
{4872} Prime
מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh
{mo-sheh'}
From H4871; drawing out (of the water), that is, rescued; Mosheh, the Israelitish lawgiver.
x853
(0853) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
Xippörà צִפֹּרָה 6855
{6855} Prime
צִפֹּרָה
Tsipporah
{tsip-po-raw'}
Feminine of H6833; bird; tsipporah, Moses' wife.
his daughter. 1323
{1323} Prime
בַּת
bath
{bath}
From H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Exodus 2:16-22.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Exodus 2:16-22.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
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Exodus 2:10 And 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.
Genesis 31:38-40 This 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. ... [Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Philippians 4:11-12 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content. ... I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
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.
James 1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

Zipporah:

Exodus 4:20-25 And 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. ... Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
Exodus 18:2-6 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, ... And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Numbers 12:1 And 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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Gn 31:38. Ex 2:10; 4:20; 18:2. Nu 12:1. Php 4:11. 1Ti 6:6. He 11:25; 13:5. Jm 1:10.

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