Exodus 2:15

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

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In The King James Version

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

In Context

14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Do thou think to kill me, as thou killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he made the camels to kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

Genesis 25:4And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

Genesis 29:2And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field. And, lo, three flocks of sheep were laying there by it, for they watered the flocks out of that well. And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.

Exodus 18:4And the name of the other was Eliezer, for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

1 Kings 19:1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and also how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Proverbs 22:3A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:12-16

Moses Slays an Egyptian; Rebukes a Contentious Hebrew. ( b. c. 1533.) 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong,… Read the whole commentary →

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