Exodus 2:21
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And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:

content.

Exodus 2:10 And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.

Genesis 31:38-40 Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat: . . .

Philippians 4:11,12 I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith. . . .

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Hebrews 11:25 Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God than to have the pleasure of sin for a time:

Hebrews 13:5 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

James 1:10 And the rich, in his being low: because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.

Zipporah.

Exodus 4:20-25 Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand. . . .

Exodus 18:2-6 He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back: . . .

Numbers 12:1 And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian,

Context
Moses Flees to Midian
20But he said: Where is he? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread. 21And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:22And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.…
Cross References
Acts 7:29
And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

Exodus 2:20
But he said: Where is he? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread.

Exodus 4:18
Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him; I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him: Go in peace.

Exodus 4:25
Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.

Exodus 18:2
He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back:

Numbers 12:1
And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian,

Lexicon
Moses
מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

agreed
וַיּ֥וֹאֶל (way·yō·w·’el)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2974: To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)

to stay
לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

the man,
הָאִ֑ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and he gave
וַיִּתֵּ֛ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

his daughter
בִתּ֖וֹ (ḇit·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

Zipporah
צִפֹּרָ֥ה (ṣip·pō·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6855: Zipporah -- 'bird', Moses' wife

to Moses in marriage.
לְמֹשֶֽׁה׃ (lə·mō·šeh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver


Additional Translations
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his daughter to Moses to wife.

And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
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