13. The next day he went out again, and now two Hebrews were fighting! So he asked the culprit, “Why are you striking your companion?”
14. But he replied, “Who has appointed you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses became afraid and thought, “The affair must certainly be known.”
15. When Pharaoh heard of the affair, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to the land of Midian. There he sat down by a well.
16. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17. But shepherds came and drove them away. So Moses rose up in their defense and watered their flock.
18. When they returned to their father Reuel, he said to them, “How is it you have returned so soon today?”