Moses in Midian

11 Years later,[a] after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people[b] and observed their forced labor.(A) He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. 12 Looking all around and seeing no one, he struck the Egyptian dead and hid him in the sand. 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your neighbor?”[c]

14 “Who made you a leader and judge over us?” the man replied. “Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?”

Then Moses became afraid and thought: What I did is certainly known. 15 When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian,(B) and sat down by a well.(C)

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Notas al pie

  1. Exodus 2:11 Lit And it was in those days
  2. Exodus 2:11 Lit his brothers
  3. Exodus 2:13 Or fellow Hebrew

11 And then[a] in those days when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers, and he saw their forced labor,[b] and he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man, one of his brothers.[c] 12 And he turned here and there, and he saw no one,[d] and he struck the Egyptian, and he hid him in the sand. 13 And he went out on the second day, and there were two Hebrew men fighting, and he said to the guilty one, “Why do you strike your neighbor?” 14 And he said, “Who appointed you as a commander[e] and a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?” And Moses was afraid, and he said, “Surely the matter has become known.” 15 And Pharaoh heard this matter, and he sought to kill Moses, and Moses fled from Pharaoh, and he lived in the land of Midian, and he lived at a certain well.[f]

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Notas al pie

  1. Exodus 2:11 Literally “and he/it was”
  2. Exodus 2:11 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
  3. Exodus 2:11 Or “a Hebrew man from his brothers”
  4. Exodus 2:12 Literally “and he saw that there was not a man”
  5. Exodus 2:14 Literally “put you for a man, a commander” or “placed you for a man, a commander”
  6. Exodus 2:15 Literally “the well”