16  And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father’s flock. 17  And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock. 18  And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day? 19  And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water abundantly for us, and watered the flock. 20  And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread. 21  And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22  And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

23  And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage; 24  and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob; 25  and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.

Chapter 3

1  And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God—to Horeb.