Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 29. Moses fled upon this word; because he perceived the murder he had committed was become public, though he thought it to be secret. Menochius. He fled, to avoid the anger of the king, into Madian, where during his sojourning, he had two sons of Sephora, whom he married there. V.—Moses of Moyses, in the Egyptian dialect, means, saved from water. He slew the Egyptian by particular inspiration of God, as a prelude to his delivering the people from oppression and bondage. verse 25 supra.—But such particular and extraordinary examples are not to be imitated. Challoner.—He was inspired to stand up, as the Egyptian law required, in defence of the innocent. S. Thom. ii. 2. q. 60.