Exodus 2:11-24

New King James Version

Moses Flees to Midian^(A)

¹¹Now it came to pass in those days, ^(B)when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. ¹²So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he ^(C)killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. ¹³And ^(D)when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men ^(E)were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”

¹⁴Then he said, ^(F)“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?”

So Moses ^(G)feared and said, “Surely this thing is known!” ¹⁵When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But ^(H)Moses fled from ^[a]the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of ^(I)Midian; and he sat down by ^(J)a well.

¹⁶^(K)Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. ^(L)And they came and drew water, and they filled the ^(M)troughs to water their father’s flock. ¹⁷Then the ^(N)shepherds came and ^(O)drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and ^(P)watered their flock.

¹⁸When they came to ^(Q)Reuel^[b] their father, ^(R)he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”

¹⁹And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”

²⁰So he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may ^(S)eat bread.”

²¹Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave ^(T)Zipporah his daughter to Moses. ²²And she bore him a son. He called his name ^(U)Gershom,^[c] for he said, “I have been ^(V)a ^[d]stranger in a foreign land.”

²³Now it happened ^(W)in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel ^(X)groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and ^(Y)their cry came up to God because of the bondage. ²⁴So God ^(Z)heard their groaning, and God ^(AA)remembered His ^(AB)covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.