When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh. He settled in the land of Midian and sat down by a well.
Exodus 4:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who were seeking your life are dead.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt; for all the men who were seeking your life [for killing the Egyptian] are dead. [Exod. 2:11, 12.] American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life. Common English Bible The LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt because everyone there who wanted to kill you has died.” Catholic Public Domain Version And so the Lord said to Moses in Midian: "Go, and return to Egypt. For all those who sought your life have died." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt; for they are all dead that sought thy life. |
When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh. He settled in the land of Midian and sat down by a well.
After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.
“Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”