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THE MESSAGE
Exodus 2:18
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When they came to Re`u'el, their father, he said, "How is it that you have returned so early today?"
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
And they came to Reuel, their father, and he said, "Why have you come so quickly today?"
When they went back to their father Reuel, he asked them, "Why have you come home early today?"
So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked, "Why have you come home so early today?"
When they came to Reuel (Jethro) their father, he said, "How is it that you have come back so soon today?"
When they came to their father Reuel, he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?"
And whe they came to Reuel their father, he said, Howe are ye come so soone to day?
Then they came to Reuel their father, and he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?"
When Jethro's daughters returned home, their father asked, "Why have you come back so early today?"
When they came to Re‘u'el their father, he said, "How come you're back so soon today?"
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?
Then they went back to their father, Reuel. He asked them, "Why have you come home early today?"
When they came home to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come home so soon today?"
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said to them, How is it that you have watered the flock so soon today?
When they returned to their father, he asked, "Why have you come back so early today?"
When they returned to their father Reuel, he asked, “Why have you come back so quickly today?”
And they came to their father Reuel; and he said, Why have you hurried to come today?
And whan they came to Reguel their father, he saide: How came ye so soone to daie?
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?
And when they came to Raguel their father, he sayde: Howe came it to passe that ye are come so soone to day?
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said: 'How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?'
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soone to day?
And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have ye come so quickly to-day?
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?"
And whanne thei hadden turned ayen to Jetro, her fadir, he seide to hem, Whi camen ye swiftliere than ye weren wont?
And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, `Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?'
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come so soon today?
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] you are come so soon to day?
When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it that you have returned so early today?"
When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?"
When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, "Why are you back so soon today?"
When they came to their father Reuel, he said, "Why have you returned so soon today?"
When they returned to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come back so soon today?"
Then came they in unto Reuel their father, - and he said, Wherefore have ye so early come in to-day?
And when they returned to Raguel their father, he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual?
When they came to their father Reu'el, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?"
When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:18, Exodus 18:1-12, Jethro, or, Jether, Numbers 19:20, Raguel
Reciprocal: Genesis 36:4 - Reuel Numbers 10:29 - General Judges 4:11 - Hobab John 9:12 - Where
Cross-References
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
One day her mother-in-law Naomi said to Ruth, "My dear daughter, isn't it about time I arranged a good home for you so you can have a happy life? And isn't Boaz our close relative, the one with whose young women you've been working? Maybe it's time to make our move. Tonight is the night of Boaz's barley harvest at the threshing floor.
Find a good spouse, you find a good life— and even more: the favor of God !
If a man has a woman friend to whom he is loyal but never intended to marry, having decided to serve God as a "single," and then changes his mind, deciding he should marry her, he should go ahead and marry. It's no sin; it's not even a "step down" from celibacy, as some say. On the other hand, if a man is comfortable in his decision for a single life in service to God and it's entirely his own conviction and not imposed on him by others, he ought to stick with it. Marriage is spiritually and morally right and not inferior to singleness in any way, although as I indicated earlier, because of the times we live in, I do have pastoral reasons for encouraging singleness.
The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when they came to Reuel their father,.... Or Ragouel, as the Septuagint; and so Artapanus s calls him. The Targum of Jonathan has it, their father's father; and so Aben Ezra says he was; and is the sense of others, induced thereto by Numbers 10:29, but it does not follow from thence: he said,
how is it that you are come so soon today? it being not only sooner than they were wont to come, but perhaps their business was done in so short a time; that it was marvellous to him that it could be done in it, so quick a dispatch had Moses made, and they through his assistance; and especially it might be more strange, if it was usual, as it seems it was, to be molested by the shepherds.
s Ut supra. (Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 434.)
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Reuel - Or, as in Numbers 10:29, âRaguel.â The name means âfriend of God.â It appears to have been not uncommon among Hebrews and Edomites; e. g. Genesis 36:4, Genesis 36:10. If Reuel be identified with Jethro, a point open to grave objection (see Exodus 3:1), then Reuel was his proper name, and Jether or Jethro, which means âexcellency,â was his official designation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 2:18. Reuel, their father — In Numbers 10:29 this person is called Raguel, but the Hebrew is the same in both places. The reason of this difference is that the ×¢ ain in רע××× is sometimes used merely as vowel, sometimes as g, ng, and gn, and this is occasioned by the difficulty of the sound, which scarcely any European organs can enunciate. As pronounced by the Arabs it strongly resembles the first effort made by the throat in gargling, or as Meninski says, Est vox vituli matrem vocantis, "It is like the sound made by a calf in seeking its dam." Raguel is the worst method of pronouncing it; Re-u-el, the first syllable strongly accented, is nearer to the true sound. A proper uniformity in pronouncing the same word wherever it may occur, either in the Old or New Testament, is greatly to be desired. The person in question appears to have several names. Here he is called Reuel; in Numbers 10:29, Raguel; in Exodus 3:1, Jethor; in Judges 4:11, Hobab; and in Judges 1:16 he is called ק×× × Keyni, which in Exodus 4:0 we translate Kenite. Some suppose that Re-u-el was father to Hobab, who was also called Jethro. This is the most likely; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 3:1.
