Thematic Bible: Joins himself to jethro, priest of midian; marries his daughter zipporah; has one son, gershom

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. And to the priest of Midian, seven daughters: and they will come and will draw and fill the watering troughs to water the sheep of their father. And the shepherds will come, and will expel them: and Moses will rise up and help them, and will water their sheep. read more.
And they will come to Reuel their father, and he will say, Wherefore hastened ye to come this day? And they will say, A man, an Egyptian, delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drawing, drew for us, and watered the sleep. And he will say to his daughters, Where is he? for what this left ye the man? call to him and he shall eat bread. And Moses will be contented to dwell with the man, and he will give Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.