24. And when he had seen a certain one suffering injury, he defended him. And striking the Egyptian, he wrought a retribution for him who was enduring the injury.
25. Now he supposed that his brothers would understand that God would grant them salvation through his hand. But they did not understand it.
26. So truly, on the following day, he appeared before those who were arguing, and he would have reconciled them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. So why would you harm one another?'
27. But he who was causing the injury to his neighbor rejected him, saying: 'Who has appointed you as leader and judge over us?
28. Could it be that you want to kill me, in the same way that you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29. Then, at this word, Moses fled. And he became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he produced two sons.