Exodus 2:11 (WEB)
In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
Fathers and councils · 2
Theodoret of Cyrus
“And we shall find just the same kind of wisdom in the old Testament, for the famous Moses, after playing the man in his struggle with the Egyptian and finding out the next day that the homicide had become known, ran away, travelled a long journey, and arrived at the land of Midian.” — editor's note: Exod. ii. 11etc.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For when he saw an Hebrew receiving hard treatment at the hands of an Egyptian, he defended him, and laid low the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.” — editor's note: Ex. ii. 11.
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