19 They answered, “An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock!”
20 “Where is he?” he asked his daughters. “Why did you leave the man there? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21 Moses agreed to stay with him, and the man gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
22 She conceived and bore a son, whom he named Gershom; for he said, “I am a stranger residing in a foreign land.”
23 A long time passed, during which the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their bondage and cried out, and from their bondage their cry for help went up to God.
24 God heard their moaning and God was mindful of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
25 God saw the Israelites, and God knew….