Gave Moses Zipporah his daughter— Moses is extremely concise in this account which he gives of himself. It is most probable, that he continued some time with Reuel, and approved himself to him by his good services, before he gave him Zipporah to wife. It is observed by Philo, that men of a great genius quickly shew themselves, and are not made known by length of time: and therefore he thinks, "that Jethro, being first struck with admiration of his goodly aspect, and then, of his wise discourse, immediately gave him the most beautiful of all his daughters to be his wife: not staying to inquire of any body who he was, because his own most excellent qualities sufficiently recommended him to his affection." De vita Mosis, l. i. By her he had two sons, Gershom, whom he so called because he had been a stranger in a strange land, and Eliezer, so named because God was his help.
REFLECTIONS.—We may observe here, 1. From Moses's assistance to the daughters of Reuel at the well, that no man is too great to do a kind act for the distressed. 2. From the report of it to their father, that, though sensible of the kindness, they were too modest to ask him home, till their father was acquainted with it. Note; Nothing is so hateful in a woman as forwardness, nothing so pleasing as modesty. 3. We have the entertainment which Reuel gave Moses. Here he finds a retreat, and while he feeds his father's or brother's flocks, is prepared, by communion with God, and his appearances to him, for the great work he had appointed him. Note; There are greater enjoyments to be obtained in the wilderness with God, than in all the pleasures of the courts of princes.