Exodus 2:15-22 ▼

15 And Pharaoh hears of this thing, and seeks to slay Moses, and Moses flees from the face of Pharaoh, and dwells in the land of Midian, and dwells by the well.

16 And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs to water the flock of their father,

17 and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses arises, and saves them, and waters their flock.

18 And they come to their father Reuel, and he says, “Why have you hurried to come in today?”

19 And they say, “A man, an Egyptian, has delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and has also diligently drawn for us, and waters the flock”;

20 and he says to his daughters, “And where [is] he? Why [is] this [that] you left the man? Call for him, and he eats bread.”

21 And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he gives his daughter Zipporah to Moses,

22 and she bears a son, and he calls his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land.”