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12 After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian (double straits) and hid his body in the sand. 13 The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews (those from beyond) fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?” 14 But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us 15 When Pharaoh (great house) heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses (drawn out). But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian (strife), where he sat down beside a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian (strife) had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses (drawn out) rose up to help them and watered their flock. 18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel (Jethro), he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?” 19 “An Egyptian (double straits) rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you⁺ leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.” 21 Moses (drawn out) agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah (bird) to Moses in marriage. 22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom (foreigner), saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.” 23 After a long time, the king of Egypt (land of bondage) died. The Israelites (God prevails) groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God {Elohim}. 24 So God {Elohim} heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham (father of many), Isaac (he laughs), and Jacob (he grasps the heel). 25 God {Elohim} saw the Israelites (God prevails) and took notice. Exodus 2:12-25, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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