Pharaoh’s daughter raised Moses as if he were
her own son. When he was grown, he went out to
his people and saw how they were being abused
as slaves.
Suddenly, he saw an Egyptian beating one of
his people. Moses looked around to see if anyone
was watching. He then hit the Egyptian and killed
him. He quickly hid the body in the sand.
The next day, he went out again, but this time
he saw two Hebrews fighting. He stopped them
and said, “With all of your problems, why are you
fighting each other?”
They pulled back and yelled, “Who made
you our leader? You’re not our judge! Are you
planning to kill us like you killed the Egyptian
yesterday?”
Moses was shocked! He now realized his
crime wasn’t a secret. Soon Pharaoh found out
about it and sent men to kill Moses. So he ran
away and barely escaped Egypt with his life.
He ended up out in the wilderness, at a place
called Midian. Once he got there, he sat down
next to a well. Soon seven women came to the
well to draw water for their sheep. They were the
daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian.
Suddenly, some shepherds come and started
to chase the women away. Moses stepped in
and defended them. After the fight, he helped the
women draw the water for their sheep.
When they got back home, Jethro was
surprised his daughters were back so soon.
They said, “An Egyptian protected us from the
shepherds, and he even helped draw water for
the flock.”
“So where is he? What! Did you leave him at
the well? Go get him and invite him to come and
have a meal with us.”
Moses stayed with Jethro and his family, and
eventually married one of his daughters, a woman
named Zipporah. Together, they had two sons.
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