12. Moses looked around and saw that no one was watching, so he killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand.
13. The next day Moses saw two Hebrew men fighting each other. He saw that one man was wrong and said to him, “Why are you hurting your neighbor?”
14. The man answered, “Did anyone say you could be our ruler and judge? Tell me, will you kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?” Then Moses was afraid. He thought to himself, “Now everyone knows what I did.”
15. Pharaoh heard about what Moses did, so he decided to kill him. But Moses ran away from Pharaoh and went to the land of Midian. Moses stopped near a well in Midian.
16. There was a priest there who had seven daughters. These girls came to that well to get water for their father’s sheep. They were trying to fill the water trough with water.
17. But there were some shepherds there who chased the girls away and would not let them get water. So Moses helped the girls and gave water to their animals.
18. Then they went back to their father, Reuel. He asked them, “Why have you come home early today?”
19. The girls answered, “The shepherds chased us away, but an Egyptian rescued us. He got water for us and gave it to our animals.”