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Exodus 2:15

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

KJV

Audivitque Pharao sermonem hunc, et quærebat occidere Moysen : qui fugiens de conspectu ejus, moratus est in terra Madian, et sedit juxta puteum.

Vulgate

ἤκουσεν δὲ Φαραὼ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ ἐζήτει ἀνελεῖν Μωυσῆν· ἀνεχώρησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραὼ καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν γῇ Μαδιάμ· ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς γῆν Μαδιὰμ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ φρέατος.

LXX

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֤ע פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֔ה וַ/יְבַקֵּ֖שׁ לַ/הֲרֹ֣ג אֶת מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ/יִּבְרַ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ מִ/פְּנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּ/אֶֽרֶץ מִדְיָ֖ן וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב עַֽל הַ/בְּאֵֽר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People MidianMoses
Places Midian

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
ם
m
verb · 167×
מִדְיָ֖ן
mdyn
proper_noun · 59×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 19:1 — And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
  • 1Kgs 19:13 — And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou
  • Acts 7:29 — Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
  • Exod 4:19 — And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
  • Exod 4:19 — And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
  • Exod 18:4 — And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
  • Gen 24:11 — And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
  • Gen 25:2 — And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
  • Gen 25:4 — And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
  • Gen 29:2 — And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
  • Gen 29:2 — And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
  • Gen 29:9 — And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
  • Gen 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
  • Heb 11:27 — By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
  • John 4:6 — Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
  • Matt 10:23 — But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
  • Prov 22:3 — A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.