Exodus 2:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.

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  • Gen 29:10 : 10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.
  • Gen 21:25 : 25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
  • Gen 26:15-22 : 15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are. 17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there. 18 And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them. 19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water. 20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it. 21 Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah. 22 Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
  • Exod 2:12 : 12 And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.

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  • Exod 2:15-16
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    15 Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.

    16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

  • Exod 2:18-20
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    18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?

    19 And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.

    20 And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.

  • 1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exod 2:10-11
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    10 And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.

    11 Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • Exod 17:2-6
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    2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

    4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

    5 And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.

    6 See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.

  • 1 Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

  • Exod 18:4-5
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    4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:

    5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to where Moses had put up his tent in the waste land, by the mountain of God.

  • Exod 18:7-8
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    7 And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.

    8 And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

  • Gen 29:7-8
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    7 Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.

    8 And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

  • 29 And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

  • 20 And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:

  • 17 To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

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    13 Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.

    14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?

    15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

  • 30 Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

  • 11 And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.

  • 9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.

  • 21 And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

  • 32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

  • 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

  • 17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

  • 13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • 16 Then the Lord said to Moses,

  • 11 This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.

  • 52 But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

  • 22 Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

  • 18 And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  • 25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.

  • 31 And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,