body in the sand. Even though he has been raised in the Egyptian court, Moses feels deeply his kinship with the Hebrew people. But Moses’ first attempt to liberate his people, using his own power, fails. Word about the murder gets out, and Moses flees for his life to Midian (in modern-day Saudi Arabia). Moses comes to a well and finds his wife, Zipporah. As in Genesis, wells and wives go together (Abraham’s servant finds Rebekah at the spring [Gn 24] and Jacob meets Rachel at a well [Gn 29:1–12].)