And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
WEB
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
YLT
And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, `Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?'
DBT
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus