U-Eksodusi 2:11-22

Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku uMose esekhulile, waphuma, waya kubafowabo, wabuka imithwalo yabo; wabona owaseGibithe eshaya umHeberu, omunye wabafowabo. Waphendukela ngalapha nangalapha; esebonile ukuthi akukho muntu, wambulala owaseGibithe, wamthukusa esihlabathini. Waphuma nangosuku olulandelayo; bheka, nanko amadoda amabili amaHeberu exabene; wathi kowonileyo: “Umshayelani owakini na?” Wathi yena: “Ngubani okumise induna nomahluleli phezu kwethu na? Ufuna ukungibulala mina, njengalokho ubulele owaseGibithe, na?” UMose wayesesaba, ethi: “Impela le ndaba iyazeka.” UFaro esekuzwile lokho wafuna ukumbulala uMose. Kepha uMose wabaleka ebusweni bukaFaro, wahlala ezweni lakwaMidiyani; wahlala phansi ngasemthonjeni. UMpristi wakwaMidiyani wayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; afika ukukha amanzi, agcwalisa imiqengqe eyophuzisa izimvu zikayise. Kwafika abelusi, bawaxosha. Kepha wayesesukuma uMose, wawasiza, waphuzisa izimvu zawo. Lapho esefika kuRehuweli uyise, wathi yena: “Yini ukuba nisheshe nibuye namuhla na?” Athi: “OwaseGibithe usophulile esandleni sabelusi, futhi wasikhelela amanzi, waphuzisa izimvu.” Wathi kuwo amadodakazi akhe: “Uphi yena? Nimshiyeleni na? Mbizeni, eze ukuzokudla.” UMose wazimisela ukuhlala kulowo muntu; wamupha uMose uSipora indodakazi yakhe. Wazala indodana, wayiqamba igama lokuthi uGereshomu,* ngokuba wathi: “Ngangingumfokazi ezweni elingesilo elami.”