Exodus 2:15-22

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁵ And Pharaoh heard of this matter, so he sought to kill Moses. But ^(A)Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he ^[a]sat down ^(B)by a well. ¹⁶ Now ^(C)the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and ^(D)they came and drew water and filled the troughs to give water to their father’s flock to drink. ¹⁷ Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but ^(E)Moses rose up and saved them and gave water to their flock to drink. ¹⁸ Then they came to ^(F)Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?” ¹⁹ So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he actually even drew the water for us and gave water to the flock to drink.” ²⁰ And he said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Call him so that he may eat bread.” ^21 (G)And Moses was willing to settle down with the man, and he gave his daughter ^(H)Zipporah to Moses. ²² Then she gave birth to ^(I)a son, and he named him ^[b]Gershom, for he said, “I have been ^(J)a ^[c]sojourner in a foreign land.”