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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 2:18-25, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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