Exodus 2:15

So Pharaoh heard this thing, and sought to slay Moses,—and Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian and sat down by the well.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 hath set thee for a chief and a judge over us? To slay me, art thou thinking, as thou didst slay the Egyptian? Then was Moses afraid, and said—Surely the thing is, known!

16Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters,—and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he made the camels kneel down outside the city, against the well of water,—at the time of evening, at the time of the coming forth of the women that drew 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 lo! a well, in the field and lo! there, three flocks of sheep, lying down near it, for out of that well, do they water the flocks, but, the stone, is great, on the mouth of the well:

Exodus 18:4and, the name of the other, Eliezer, for 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 withal, how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Proverbs 22:3A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.

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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