1. Moses kills an Egyptian and flees Egypt (11-15).
Moses was a prince of Egypt. But he also knew he was a Hebrew. This gave him inner conflict. When he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave, he decided to use his fighting skill to take justice into his own hands. So he killed the Egyptian and hid him. The next day he tried to arbitrate between two fighting Hebrews. The guilty one said, "Who made you the judge? Do you want to kill me too?" Moses became afraid and fled Egypt. Because of murder, Moses went from a prince to a fugitive. Moses' way of leadership was not God's way.

2. Moses came to their rescue (16-22).
Fugitive Moses rescued 7 shepherdesses from mean shepherds. Rescue is far better than murder. Their father Reuel (Jethro) welcomed Moses to stay with them and gave Zipporah to be his wife. Moses named his first son Gershom, "an alien there." For 40 years Moses shepherded Jethro's sheep. Dreams of helping his oppressed people faded away. But God was preparing this proud and able prince to be a humble shepherd and deliverer.