2:13-15
Later he saw something that aggrieved him all the more. He saw two Hebrews fighting each other. Why should they be fighting each other when the Egyptians were the true enemy? So he intervened again, but this time the two Hebrews objected. “Who made you a prince and judge over us?” Very similar sentiments were expressed towards Jesus. Most significantly, it became apparent that the two Hebrews knew what Moses had done to the Egyptian. Moses thought his actions had been done in secret, but that was not the case. Eventually Pharaoh became aware of it, and he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled and sat by a well. Wells were where Isaac and Jacob had met their wives.
2:16,17
Sure enough, this well was also to become important. The priest of Midian had seven daughters and they came to the well to draw water for the flocks. However, shepherds also came along and began to drive the women away. Moses intervened and drove the shepherds away so that the women could water their flocks. Now Moses is in a very bad situation here, on the run for his life, yet he still acts in a good way here. There can be times in our lives when, though not quite as desperate as Moses’ situation, we feel that everything is going wrong. It can be easy in such circumstances to not care about anyone else, to turn in on ourselves. It is much better if we still do acts of kindness, even in the midst of our misery.
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