¹⁵When Pharaoh heard about what had happened, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses escaped from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian. There he sat down by a well.

¹⁶A priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to fill the stone tubs with water. They wanted to give water to their father’s flock. ¹⁷Some shepherds came along and drove the women away. But Moses got up and helped them. Then he gave water to their flock.

¹⁸The young women returned to their father Reuel. He asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

¹⁹They answered, “An Egyptian saved us from the shepherds. He even got water for us and gave it to the flock.”

²⁰“Where is he?” he asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”

²¹Moses agreed to stay with the man. And the man gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses to be his wife. ²²Zipporah had a son by him. Moses named him Gershom. Moses said, “I’m an outsider in a strange land.”

²³After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The people of Israel groaned because they were slaves. They also cried out to God. Their cry for help went up to him. ²⁴God heard their groans. He remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. ²⁵So God looked on the Israelites with favor. He was concerned about them.

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