21. Moses was happy to stay with that man. Reuel let Moses marry his daughter, Zipporah.
22. Zipporah became pregnant and had a son. Moses named him Gershom because Moses was a stranger in a land that was not his own.
23. A long time passed and that king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still forced to work very hard. They cried for help, and God heard them.
24. God heard their painful cries and remembered the agreement he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25. God saw the troubles of the Israelites, and he knew that he would soon help them.