Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin (continued)
JOHN CALVIN
17. And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
17. Et venerunt pastores qui repulerunt eas: et surgens Moses auxiliatus er ipsis, potavique oves illarum.
18. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
18. Et quum venissent ad Bethuel patrem suum, dixit ille, Quare hodie tam cito rediistis?
19. And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the
19. Responderunt, vir Aegyptius liberavit nos e manu pastorum, atque etiam hauriendo hausit nobis, et praebuit potum ovibus. flock.
20. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
20. Dixit ille ad filias suas, Et ubi est ille? Quare sic dereliquistis virum? Convocate eum ut comedat paneum.
21. And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
21. Et consensit Moses habitare cum viro illo, qui dedit Sephoram filiam suam Mosi.
22. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
22. Quae quum peperisset filium, vocavit nomen ejus Gerson, dicens, Peregrinus sum in terra aliena.
16. Now the priest of Midian. The profane would attribute this meeting to good fortune, whereas God affords us in it a striking picture of his providence, in thus with an outstretched hand directing the steps of his servant. Those damsels were in the habit of coming daily to the well; and Moses sat down to ask for hospitality at the waterside, whither in a dry country the inhabitants were likely to flock in the evening. But it was by no means due to chance that he came so opportunely to render assistance to the damsels, and that Jethro so hospitably invited him; but God was the guide of his wandering servant's way, not only to obtain for him a resting-place for a day, but a comfortable habitation even to the close of his exile. For