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Exodus 2:18-25

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18 When they returned to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come back so soon today?"
18 When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
19 They said, "An Egyptian helped us against the shepherds; he even drew water for us and watered the flock."
19 They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20 He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why did you leave the man? Invite him to break bread."
20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom; for he said, "I have been an alien residing in a foreign land."
22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help rose up to God.
23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.
24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
25 God looked upon the Israelites, and God took notice of them.
25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
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