| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 15 Pharaoh heard about it and tried to kill Moses, but Moses got away to the land of Midian. He sat down by a well. | 15 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. |
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