Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
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Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
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Then fleed Moses at that sayenge and was a stranger in the londe of Madian where he begat two sonnes.
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Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begate two sonnes.
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Passages linked to Acts 7:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 18:2-4 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away, and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”. The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
- Exodus 2:14-22 He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.” Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?” They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.” He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.” Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter. She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Exodus 4:19-20 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.” Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was…
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Ver. 29. Then fled Moses] And by being banished, was the better fitted to be king in Jeshurun.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Then fled Moses; knowing that what he had done…
Then fled Moses; knowing that what he had done to the Egyptian would be discovered to Pharaoh, and his life in danger.
The land of Madian; inhabitant by the posterity of Midian, Abraham’s son by Keturah, Gen 25:1,2. Moses was forty years in Egypt, forty years in Midian, with Jethro or Jether, who was called also Reuel, Exo 2:18, and Hobab, Num 10:29, and the other forty years in the wilderness, which make up the hundred and twenty years of his life, Deu 34:7. This makes to St. Stephen’s purpose, to prove that God is always with them that fear him, in what country or place soever; as he was with Abraham in Mesopotamia, and with his people in Egypt, so with Moses in Midian.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then fled Moses at this saying,.... For hereby the…
Then fled Moses at this saying,.... For hereby the thing was known to Pharaoh, being presently carried to court, who sought to kill him for it, Exo 2:15 The Jews have a very fabulous story, that Moses was taken up upon it, and put in prison, and delivered into the hands of an executioner to be put to death; but that God wrought a miracle for him; he made his neck as hard as a pillar of marble, and the sword turned upon the neck of the executioner, and he died; and God sent Michael, the prince, in the likeness of the executioner, who took Moses by the hand, and led him out of Egypt, and left him at the borders of it, the distance of three days' journey (c) but the truth of the matter is, as Stephen relates, he fled directly, as soon as he heard the above words, for he knew his life was in the utmost danger:
and was a stranger in the land of Madian; which, as Josephus says (d), lay near the Red sea, and took its name from one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah. Philo the Jew (e) says, it was on the borders of Arabia; and according to Jerom (f), it was near Arnon and Areopolis, the ruins of which only were shown in his days; here he sojourned many years with Jethro the priest of that place:
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where he begat two sons; whose names were Gershom and Eliezer, having married Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, Exo 18:2.
(c) Shalshaleth Hakabala, fol. 5. 2. & Chronicon Mosis, fol. 6. 1. (d) Antiqu. l. 2. c. 11. sect. 1. (e) De Vita Mosis, l. 1. p. 609. (f) De locis Hebr. fol. 93. B.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Then fled Moses ... - Moses fled because he…
Then fled Moses ... - Moses fled because he now ascertained that what he had done was known. He supposed that it had been unobserved, Exo 2:12. But he now thought that the knowledge of it might reach Pharaoh, and that his life might thus be endangered. Nor did he judge incorrectly; for as soon as Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to take his life, Exo 2:15.
Was a stranger - Or became a sojourner πάροικος paroikos, one who had a temporary abode in the land. The use of this word implies that he did not expect to make that his permanent dwelling.
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In the land of Madian - This was a part of Arabia. “This would seem,” says Gesenius, “to have been a tract of country extending from the eastern shore of the Elanitic Gulf to the region of Moab on the one hand, and to the vicinity of Mount Sinai on the, other. The people were nomadic in their habits, and moved often from place to place.” This was extensively a desert region, an unknown land; and Moses expected there to be safe from Pharaoh.
Where he begat two sons - He married Zipporah, the daughter of “Reuel” Exo 2:18, or “Jethro” Num 10:29; Exo 3:1, a “priest” of Midian. The names of the two sons were Gershom and Eliezer, Exo 18:3-4.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Moses fled upon this word; because he perceived the…
Moses fled upon this word; because he perceived the murder he had committed was become public, though he thought it to be secret. (Menochius) He fled, to avoid the anger of the king, into Madian, where during his sojourning, he had tow sons of Sephora, whom he married there. (Bible de Vence) --- Moses of Moyses, in the Egyptian dialect, means, saved from water. He slew the Egyptian by particular inspiration of God, as a prelude to his delivering the people from oppression and bondage. (ver. 25. above) --- But such particular and extraordinary examples are not to be imitated. (Challoner) --- He was inspirited to stand up, as the Egyptian law required, in defence of the innocent. (St. Thomas Aquinas, iii. 2. q. 60.)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Then fled Moses, &c.--for "when Pharaoh heard this thing,…
Then fled Moses, &c.--for "when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses" (Exo 2:15).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Land of Midian—The Madianites, or rather Midianites were…
29. Land of Midian—The Madianites, or rather Midianites were a people who dwelt upon the territory bordering westward of the eastern arm (Gulf of Akabah) of the Red sea.
29. The Spirit said—Philip subsequently had four daughters all prophetesses, so that the prophetic impulse was familiar perhaps to his interior consciousness.
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Go near—Probably Philip encountered the eunuch at the point where his Samaritan road fell into the Gaza road. Both the angel and the Spirit give the briefest possible directions, and in the order of climax.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. Then [And] fled Moses at this saying] Josephus…
29. Then [And] fled Moses at this saying] Josephus (Antiq. ii. 11. 1) makes no mention of this reason for the flight of Moses, but says that the Egyptians were jealous of him, and told the king “that he would raise a sedition, and bring innovations” into the land. In consequence of the plots against him because of these suspicions Moses fled away secretly.
and was a stranger in the land of Madian] Lit. “and became a sojourner” &c. Madian is the Greek form for Midian, which for clearness’ sake would be better here. By “the land of Midian,” which is only found in Scripture history, is probably meant the peninsula on which Mount Sinai stands (see Exo_3:1).
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where he begat two sons] Gershom and Eliezer; their mother was Zipporah the daughter of Jethro (Exo_18:2-4).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) Then fled Moses at this saying.—The rapid survey…
(29) Then fled Moses at this saying.—The rapid survey of the history passes over the intermediate link of Pharaoh’s knowledge of the murder of the Egyptian, and his search for Moses.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Moses fled for then fled Moses, A.V.; became…
And Moses fled for then fled Moses, A.V.; became a sojourner for was a stranger, A.V.; Midian for Madian, A.V.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
Stephen's audience already knew that Moses had married a Midianite woman when he fled Egypt. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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after hearing this
The implied information is that Moses understood that the Israelites knew that he had killed an Egyptian the day before (Acts 7:28). (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
When forty years were past
"After 40 years passed." This was the amount of time Moses had been in Midian. AT: "Forty years after Moses fled from Egypt" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
an angel appeared
Stephen's audience knew that God spoke through the angel. The UDB makes this explicit. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Midian
angel
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