11 ⌊And then⌋d in those days when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers, and he saw their ⌊forced labor⌋,e and he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man, one of his brothers.f 12 And he turned here and there, and he saw no one,g and he struck the Egyptian, and he hid him in the sand. 13 And he went out on the second day, and there were two Hebrew men fighting, and he said to the guilty one, “Why do you strike your neighbor?” 14 And he said, “Who ⌊appointed you as a commander⌋h and a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?” And Moses was afraid, and he said, “Surely the matter has become known.” 15 And Pharaoh heard this matter, and he sought to kill Moses, and Moses fled from Pharaoh, and he lived in the land of Midian, and he lived at ⌊a certain well⌋.i

16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.j 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and came to their rescue and watered their flock. 18 And they came to Reuel, their father, and he said, “⌊Why have you come so quickly⌋k today?” 19 And they said, “An Egyptian man delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 And he said to his daughters, “Where is he? ⌊Why then⌋l have you left the man? ⌊Call him so that he can eat some food⌋.”m 21 And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, “I am an alien in a foreign land.”n

23 ⌊And then⌋o during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the ⌊Israelites⌋p groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, 25 and God saw the ⌊Israelites⌋,q and God took notice.r