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15 And Pharao heard of it, and went about to slaye Moyses. And Moyses fleyng from the face of Pharao, dwelt in the lande of Madian: and he sate downe by the welles syde. 16 The priest of Madian had vij. daughters, which came and drewe water and filled the troughes for to water their fathers sheepe. 17 And the shepheardes came and droue them away: but Moyses stoode vp and helped them, and watred their sheepe. 18 And when they came to Raguel their father, he sayde: Howe came it to passe that ye are come so soone to day? 19 And they aunswered: A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the handes of the shepheardes, and so drewe vs water, and watered the sheepe. 20 He saide vnto his daughters: & where is he? why haue ye so left the man? Call hym, that he may eate bread. 21 And Moyses was content to dwell with the man: & he gaue Moyses Sephora his daughter: 22 Which bare him a sonne, and he called his name Gershom: For he saide, I haue ben a straunger in a straunge land. Exodus 2:15-22, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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