15. Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh--His flight took place
in the second year of Thothmes I.
dwelt in the land of Midian--situated on the eastern shore of
the gulf of the Red Sea and occupied by the posterity of Midian the son
of Cush. The territory extended northward to the top of the gulf and
westward far across the desert of Sinai. And from their position near
the sea, they early combined trading with pastoral pursuits
(Ge 37:28).
The headquarters of Jethro are supposed to have been where Dahab-Madian
now stands; and from Moses coming direct to that place, he may have
travelled with a caravan of merchants. But another place is fixed by
tradition in Wady Shuweib, or Jethro's valley, on the east of the
mountain of Moses.
sat down by a well--(See on
Ge 29:3).
JFB.
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