When the little baby was older, the princess sent for him to come and live in her palace and be her son. She called him Moses’, and Egyptian word that means “taken out” because she had taken him out of the water. He lived with her for many years and was a prince.
One day when Moses’ was grown up, he went home to visit his real father and mother and the other people of Israel to see how they were getting along. While he was with them, he saw an Egyptian hitting an Israeli was one of his relatives. Moses looked to see if anyone was watching, then killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
The next day as he was walking around, he saw two Israelis quarrelling. He scolded the man who was in the wrong and asked him why he had hit the other man. This made the man who had done wrong very angry.
“You can’t tell me what to do,” He shouted. “Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?” Then Moses’ realized that someone had seen him kill the Egyptian and that everyone knew about it.
When Pharaoh heard what Moses’ had done, he wanted to arrest Moses’ and have him executed for murder; but Moses’ ran far away to the land of Midian, where Pharaoh couldn’t find him. He sat down beside a well trying to think what to do next. Soon some girls came to get some water. There were seven of them, all sisters. They wanted to water their father’s flock, but some shepherds who were standing beside the well told them to go away.
Moses’ told the shepherds to be quiet, and he helped the girls water their flocks. When the girls got home, their father asked why they had come back so quickly. They told him that an Egyptian had saved them from the shepherds and helped them get the water.
“Where is the man?” their father asked. “Why didn’t you bring him home with you?” He told them to go back and find him and invite him home for dinner. So Moses’ went home with them. They all wanted him to stay and help them. He liked it so well that he married one of the girls and lived there many years, caring for their fathers sheep.
Questions:
Why did Moses’ get to live in a palace?
Why did Moses’ run away?
How did Moses help the girls at the well?
Exodus 2:10-21=When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
(Moses Flees to Midian) One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?” The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.” When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock. When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?” They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.” “And, where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat. Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
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