Exodus 2:15–25

¹⁵And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well.

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

²³And 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; ²⁴and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob; ²⁵and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.