They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
Moses here gains a settlement in Midian, just as his father Jacob had gained one in Syria, Gen 29:2, etc. And both these instances should encourage us to trust Providence, and to follow it. Events that seem inconsiderable, and purely accidental, afterwards appear to have been designed by the wisdom of God for very good purposes, and of great consequence to his people.
Commenting on Exodus 2:16-22
And they said, an Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,.... A man, who by his habit and by his speech appeared to them to be an Egyptian, and upon their inquiry he might tell them so, being born in Egypt, though of Hebrew parents: and also drew water enough for us; or "in drawing drew" (t); drew it readily, quickly and...
Through faith Moses renounced palace and power to identify himself with God's suffering people, a sacrifice no earthly king has matched. The sight of a taskmaster scourging a Hebrew slave without cause fired even his meek nature with indignation.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 2:11-25