Exodus 2:17
Then the shepherds came and droue them away: but Moses rose vp and defended them, and watered their sheepe.
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- Gen 29:10 : 10 And assoone as Iaakob saw Rahel ye daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, then came Iaakob neere, & rolled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watered ye flocke of Laban his mothers brother.
- Gen 21:25 : 25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.
- Gen 26:15-22 : 15 In so much that the Philistims stopped and filled vp with earth all the welles, which his fathers seruantes digged in his father Abrahams time. 16 Then Abimelech sayde vnto Izhak, Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then wee a great deale. 17 Therefore Izhak departed thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them. 19 Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water. 20 But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the wel Esek, because they were at strife with him. 21 Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lorde hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.
- Exod 2:12 : 12 And he looked rounde about, and when he sawe no man, hee slewe the Egyptian, and hid him in the sande.
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- Exod 2:15-162 verses86%
15Now Pharaoh heard this matter, & sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the lande of Midian, and hee sate downe by a well.
16And the Priest of Midian had seue daughters, which came and drewe water, and filled the troghes, for to water their fathers sheepe.
- Exod 2:18-203 verses82%
18And whe they came to Reuel their father, he said, Howe are ye come so soone to day?
19And they saide, A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the hand of the shepherdes, and also drew vs water ynough, and watered the sheepe.
20Then he saide vnto his daughters, And where is he? why haue ye so left the man? call him that he may eate bread.
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1When Moses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, Priest of Midian, & droue the flocke to the backe side of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horeb,
- Exod 2:10-112 verses72%
10Nowe the childe grewe, and she brought him vnto Pharaohs daughter, and he was as her sonne, and she called his name Moses, because, said she, I drewe him out of the water.
11And in those dayes, when Moses was growen, he went forth vnto his brethren, & looked on their burdens: also he sawe an Egyptian smiting an Ebrewe one of his brethren.
- Exod 17:2-65 verses72%
2Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and sayde, Giue vs water that we may drinke; Moses sayde vnto them, Why contende yee with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
3So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
4And Moses cried to the Lorde, saying, What shal I do to this people? for they be almost ready to stone me.
5And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go:
6Behold, I will stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drinke; Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel.
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1When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,
- Exod 18:4-52 verses71%
4And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)
5And Iethro Moses father in law came with his two sonnes, and his wife vnto Moses into the wildernes, where he camped by ye mout of God.
- Exod 18:7-82 verses71%
7And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent.
8Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vnto them by the way, and howe the Lord deliuered them.
- Gen 29:7-82 verses71%
7Then he sayd, Lo, it is yet hie day, neither is it time that the cattell shoulde be gathered together: water ye the sheepe and go feede them.
8But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe.
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29Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begate two sonnes.
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20And they met Moses and Aaron, which stood in their way as they came out fro Pharaoh,
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17Who may goe out and in before them, and leade them out and in, that the Congregation of the Lorde be not as sheepe, which haue not a shepheard.
- Exod 18:13-153 verses70%
13Now on the morow, when Moses sate to iudge the people, the people stoode about Moses from morning vnto euen.
14And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen?
15And Moses sayd vnto his father in law, Because the people come vnto me to seeke God.
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30And Moses returned into the hoste, he and the Elders of Israel.
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11Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke.
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9Then Moses tooke the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him.
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21And when he was cast out, Pharaos daughter tooke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne.
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32And the men are shepheardes, & because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue.
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20Then Moses tooke his wife, & his sonnes, and put them on an asse, and returned towarde the lande of Egypt, and Moses tooke the rod of God in his hand.
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17Then Moses brought the people out of the tents to meete with God, and they stoode in the nether part of the mount.
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13But Moses saide vnto the Lorde, When the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people by thy power from among them)
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16Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
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11So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him: so did he.
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52But hee made his people to goe out like sheepe, & led them in the wildernes like a flocke.
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22Then Moses brought Israel from the redde Sea, and they went out into the wildernesse of Shur: and they went three dayes in the wildernesse, and found no waters.
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18Therefore Moses went and returned to Iethro his father in lawe, & said vnto him, I pray thee, let me goe, and returne to my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet aliue. Then Iethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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25Then Moses rose vp, and went vnto Dathan and Abiram, and the Elders of Israel followed him.
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31And when Moses sawe it, hee wondred at the sight: and as he drew neere to consider it, the voyce of the Lord came vnto him, saying,