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2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
“Reuel”
Called Raguel. Num 10:29.
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2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
“son”
Moses, type of Christ the Deliverer Isa 61:1; Luke 4:18; 2 Cor 1:10; 1 Thess 1:10.
(1) A divinely chosen deliverer Ex 3:7–10; Acts 7:25; John 3:16.
(2) Rejected by Israel he turns to the Gentiles Ex 2:11–15; Acts 7:25; Acts 18:5; Acts 18:6; Acts 28:17–28.
(3) During his rejection he gains a Gentile bride Ex 2:16–21; Matt 12:14–21; 2 Cor 11:2; Eph 5:30–32.
(4) Afterward he again appears as Israel's deliverer, and is accepted Ex 4:29–31; Rom 11:14–26; Acts 15:14–17.
(5) Officially, Moses typifies Christ as Prophet Acts 3:22; Acts 3:23. Advocate; Ex 32:31–35; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:2 Intercessor; Ex 17:1–6; Heb 7:25 and Leader, or King; Deut 33:4; Deut 33:5; Isa 55:4; Heb 2:10 while, in relation to the house of God, he is in contrast with Christ. Moses was faithful as a servant over another's house; Christ as a Son over His own house Heb 3:5; Heb 3:6.