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But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well. <a href="/esv/exodus/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well. <a href="/bsb/exodus/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well. <a href="/kjv/exodus/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/2.htm">New King James Version</a> When Pharaoh heard of this matter, 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. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. <a href="/nasb/exodus/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well. <a href="/lsb/exodus/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Pharaoh heard of this matter, so he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. <a href="/amp/exodus/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. Then Moses fled from Pharaoh’s presence and took refuge in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well. <a href="/csb/exodus/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well. <a href="/asv/exodus/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/exodus/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When the king heard what Moses had done, he wanted to kill him. But Moses escaped and went to the land of Midian. One day, when Moses was sitting by a well, <a href="/erv/exodus/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/exodus/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When Pharaoh heard what Moses had done, he tried to have him killed. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian. One day, while Moses was sitting by a well, <a href="/isv/exodus/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh, settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well. <a href="/msb/exodus/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well. <a href="/net/exodus/2.htm">NET Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well. <a href="/nheb/exodus/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. <a href="/wbt/exodus/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/exodus/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Pharaoh hears of this thing, and seeks to slay Moses, and Moses flees from the face of Pharaoh, and dwells in the land of Midian, and dwells by the well. <a href="/ylt/exodus/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well. <a href="/slt/exodus/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Pharaoh will hear this word, and he will seek to kill Moses. And Moses will flee from the face of Pharaoh, and he will dwell in the land of Midian: and he will sit down by the well.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Pharao heard of this word and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Pharaoh heard this talk, and he sought to kill Moses. But fleeing from his sight, he stayed in the land of Midian, and he sat down next to a well. <a href="/nabre/exodus/2.htm">New American Bible</a> When Pharaoh heard of the affair, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to the land of Midian. There he sat down by a well. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh. He settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh, and went to the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Pharaoh heard this account and he wanted to kill Moshe, and Moshe fled from before Pharaoh, and he went on to the land of Midian and sat down on a well.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/exodus/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Pharao heard this matter, and sought to slay Moses; and Moses departed from the presence of Pharao, and dwelt in the land of Madiam; and having come into the land of Madiam, he sat on the well. <a href="/parallel/exodus/2-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=297" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/2.htm">Moses Flees to Midian</a> 15<a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">When Pharaoh</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: way·yiš·ma‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">about this matter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: way·ḇaq·qêš (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">he sought</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: la·hă·rōḡ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">to kill</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">But Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/1272.htm" title="1272: way·yiḇ·raḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go through, flee. A primitive root; to bolt, i.e. Figuratively, to flee suddenly.">fled</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: p̄ar·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and settled</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4080.htm" title="4080: miḏ·yān (N-proper-ms) -- The same as midyan; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and his descendants.">of Midian,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">where he sat down</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">beside</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875: hab·bə·’êr (Art:: N-fs) -- A well, pit. From ba'ar; a pit; especially a well.">a well.</a> 16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Acts 7:29</a> At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons. <a href="/hebrews/11-27.htm">Hebrews 11:27</a> By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible. <a href="/exodus/4-19.htm">Exodus 4:19</a> Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.” <a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">1 Kings 19:3</a> And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, <a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Genesis 27:43</a> So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran. <a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Matthew 2:13-14</a> When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, <a href="/genesis/31-20.htm">Genesis 31:20-21</a> Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away. / So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead. <a href="/numbers/10-29.htm">Numbers 10:29-32</a> Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.” / “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.” / “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes. ... <a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Acts 7:23-25</a> When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. / And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him. / He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not. <a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a> So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. <a href="/matthew/10-23.htm">Matthew 10:23</a> When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. <a href="/genesis/16-6.htm">Genesis 16:6-8</a> “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her. / Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur. / “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied. <a href="/1_samuel/19-12.htm">1 Samuel 19:12</a> So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped. <a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">Genesis 12:10</a> Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-32.htm">2 Corinthians 11:32-33</a> In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. / But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelled in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.fled.<a href="/exodus/4-19.htm">Exodus 4:19</a> And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.<a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6,7</a> When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; … <a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">1 Kings 19:1-3,13,14</a> And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword… Midian.<a href="/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2,4</a> And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah… sat down.<a href="/genesis/24-11.htm">Genesis 24:11</a> And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.<a href="/genesis/29-2.htm">Genesis 29:2</a> And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.<a href="/john/4-6.htm">John 4:6</a> Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/50-18.htm">Face</a> <a href="/genesis/39-18.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/genesis/39-18.htm">Fleeth</a> <a href="/genesis/49-19.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/genesis/45-16.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/genesis/45-2.htm">Heareth</a> <a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Live</a> <a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/genesis/36-35.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">News</a> <a href="/exodus/2-10.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/47-15.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/genesis/48-2.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/genesis/41-43.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/genesis/43-30.htm">Seeketh</a> <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/genesis/43-30.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/genesis/37-21.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/genesis/24-29.htm">Water-Spring</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/4-23.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/3-22.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/exodus/6-4.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Face</a> <a href="/exodus/4-3.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/exodus/4-3.htm">Fleeth</a> <a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Heareth</a> <a href="/exodus/4-19.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Live</a> <a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/exodus/2-17.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/18-1.htm">News</a> <a href="/exodus/3-10.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/4-3.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/exodus/4-24.htm">Seeketh</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/exodus/4-23.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/exodus/4-19.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/exodus/8-18.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/numbers/21-16.htm">Water-Spring</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 2</div>1. <a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile.</a> 5. <a href="/exodus/2-5.htm">He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter;</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">who employs his mother to nurse him.</a> 11. <a href="/exodus/2-11.htm">He kills an Egyptian.</a> 13. <a href="/exodus/2-13.htm">He reproves a Hebrew.</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah.</a> 22. <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Gershom is born.</a> 23. <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">God respects the Israelites' cry.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>When Pharaoh heard about this matter This phrase refers to the incident where Moses killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew slave. The Pharaoh at this time is likely Thutmose III or another ruler of the 18th Dynasty. The Pharaoh's reaction indicates the seriousness of Moses' actions and the threat he posed to the Egyptian authority. This reflects the tension between the Hebrews and Egyptians, as well as the growing awareness of Moses' identity and his connection to the Hebrew people.he sought to kill Moses Pharaoh's intent to kill Moses underscores the severity of Moses' crime in the eyes of the Egyptian ruler. It also highlights the political and social dynamics of the time, where a member of the royal household could not act against the state without severe repercussions. This mirrors the later New Testament account of Herod seeking to kill Jesus as a child, showing a pattern of rulers attempting to eliminate perceived threats to their power.But Moses fled from Pharaoh Moses' flight to Midian marks a significant turning point in his life. It demonstrates his awareness of the danger he faced and his decision to leave behind his Egyptian upbringing. This act of fleeing is a precursor to the Exodus, where Moses will later lead the Israelites out of Egypt. It also parallels the flight of other biblical figures, such as Jacob fleeing from Esau and David fleeing from Saul, showing a recurring theme of God's chosen leaders facing trials and seeking refuge.and settled in the land of Midian Midian is located in the northwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula, near the Gulf of Aqaba. The Midianites were descendants of Abraham through his wife Keturah, making them distant relatives of the Israelites. This connection is significant as it provides Moses with a place of refuge and a new beginning. The land of Midian becomes a place of preparation for Moses, where he will spend 40 years before returning to Egypt to lead the Exodus.where he sat down beside a well Wells in the ancient Near East were vital sources of water and often served as communal gathering places. This setting is reminiscent of other biblical encounters at wells, such as those involving Rebekah, Rachel, and Jesus with the Samaritan woman. The well symbolizes a place of divine appointment and provision. For Moses, sitting by the well signifies a moment of rest and reflection, as well as the beginning of his integration into Midianite society, where he will soon meet his future wife, Zipporah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt who sought to kill Moses after learning of his actions. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> A Hebrew by birth, raised in Pharaoh's household, who fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian. 3. <a href="/topical/m/midian.htm">Midian</a> A region where Moses sought refuge, located east of the Red Sea, inhabited by the Midianites. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_well.htm">The Well</a> A significant location in Midian where Moses rested and later met the daughters of Jethro.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_providence_in_adversity.htm">Divine Providence in Adversity</a> Moses' flight to Midian demonstrates God's providential care, even in dire circumstances. God uses our trials to prepare us for future purposes. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_in_the_wilderness.htm">Preparation in the Wilderness</a> The wilderness is often a place of preparation and transformation. Moses' time in Midian was crucial for his development as a leader. <a href="/topical/c/courage_and_faith.htm">Courage and Faith</a> Moses' decision to flee reflects a courageous step of faith, trusting in God's plan over the fear of man. <a href="/topical/g/god's_timing.htm">God's Timing</a> God's timing is perfect. Moses' 40 years in Midian were necessary for him to be ready to lead Israel out of Egypt. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_refuge_in_god.htm">Seeking Refuge in God</a> Like Moses, we can find refuge in God when we face threats or challenges, trusting Him to guide our steps.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 2</a> <a href="/q/how_could_moses_vanish_and_reappear_in_midian.htm">Exodus 2:15 – How realistically could Moses escape from Pharaoh’s reach and suddenly reappear in Midian without leaving any trace in Egyptian historical accounts?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_speak_audibly_in_exodus_3_4.htm">In Exodus 3:4, why does God speak audibly only here, and not in a consistent manner throughout the Old Testament? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_moses'_speech_traits.htm">Stephen states Moses was “mighty in words” (Acts 7:22), but Exodus 4:10 depicts Moses as slow of speech. How do we reconcile these descriptions? </a> <a href="/q/who_was_jethro_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Jethro in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) When Pharaoh heard . . . he sought to slay Moses.--Naturally. The administration of justice was one of the chief duties of the royal office; and the crime committed by Moses was one to be punished by death. There was nothing to reduce it from murder to manslaughter. And the motives which extenuate it in the eyes of moderns--patriotic zeal and hatred of oppression--would not have commanded the sympathies of a Pharaoh.Moses fled.--Or, had fled. Moses would fly as soon as he found his act was known. He fled "at the saying" of the Israelite (<a href="/acts/7-29.htm" title="Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.">Acts 7:29</a>). When Pharaoh sought for him, he was gone.Dwelt in the land of Midian--i.e., "Was led to make Midian his home," under circumstances about to be related. The Midian of this book seems to be the south-eastern portion of the Sinaitic peninsula, not the opposite Arabian coast, where were the main settlements of the nation.Sat down by a well.--Rather, the well. There must have been one principal well in these parts, copious, and so generally resorted to. Moses fixed his temporary-abode in its neighbourhood.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - Pharaoh heard. If we have been right in supposing the Pharaoh of the original oppression to have been Seti I., the present Pharaoh, from whom Moses flies when he is "full forty years old" (<a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Acts 7:23</a>), and who does not die till Moses is near eighty, must be his son, the Great Rameses, Rameses II. This prince was associated by his father at the age of ten or twelve (Brugsch, 'History of Egypt,' vol. 2. pp. 24-5), and reigned sixty-seven years, as appears from his monuments. He is the only king of the New Empire whose real reign exceeded forty years, and thus the only monarch who fulfils the conditions required by the narrative of Exodus supplemented by St. Stephen's speech in the Acts. He sought to slay Moses. We need not understand from this expression that the Pharaoh's will was thwarted or opposed by anything but the sudden disappearance of Moses. As St. Stephen says (<a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Acts 7:29</a>), "Then fled Moses at this saying," i.e. at the mere words of the aggressor, "Writ thou slay me as thou didst the Egyptian?" Moses fled, knowing what he had to expect, quitted Egypt, went to Midian; and the Egyptian monarch "sought to slay him" too late. The land of Midian is a somewhat vague expression, for the Midianites were nomads, and at different times occupied distinct and even remote localities. Their principal settlements appear to have been on the eastern side of the Elanitic Gulf (Gulf of Akabah); but at times they extended northwards to the confines of Moab (<a href="/genesis/36-35.htm">Genesis 36:35</a>; <a href="/numbers/22-4.htm">Numbers 22:4, 7</a>, etc.), and westward into the Sinaitic peninsula, which appears to have been "the land of Midian whereto Moses fled (see below, <a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Exodus 3:1</a>). The Midianites are not expressly mentioned in the Egyptian inscriptions. They were probably included among the Mentu, with whom the Egyptians contended in the Sinaitic region, and from whom they took the copper district north-west of Sinai. And he sat down by a well. Rather "and he dwelt by the well." He took up his abode in the neighbourhood of the principal well belonging to the tract here called Midian. The tract was probably one of no great size, an offshoot of the greater Midian on the other side of the gulf. We cannot identify the well; but it was certainly not that near the town of Modiana, Ñ spoken of by Edrisi and Abulfeda, which was in Arabia Proper, on the east of the gulf. CHAPTER 2:16-22 <a href="/commentaries/exodus/2-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When Pharaoh פַּרְעֹה֙ (par·‘ōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings heard וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (way·yiš·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently about this matter, הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that he sought וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (way·ḇaq·qêš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> To search out, to strive after to kill לַהֲרֹ֣ג (la·hă·rōḡ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> To smite with deadly intent Moses. מֹשֶׁ֑ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver But Moses מֹשֶׁה֙ (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver fled וַיִּבְרַ֤ח (way·yiḇ·raḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1272.htm">Strong's 1272: </a> To bolt, to flee suddenly from מִפְּנֵ֣י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face Pharaoh פַרְעֹ֔ה (p̄ar·‘ōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings and settled וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the land בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (bə·’e·reṣ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Midian, מִדְיָ֖ן (miḏ·yān) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4080.htm">Strong's 4080: </a> Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled where he sat down וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry beside עַֽל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against a well. הַבְּאֵֽר׃ (hab·bə·’êr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_875.htm">Strong's 875: </a> A pit, a well <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">OT Law: Exodus 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing he (Exo. 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