Moses in Midian

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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.

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When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

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“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

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“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”

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Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

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And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”