“... Moses rises to the occasion and “delivers” them—a microdeliverance that foreshadows the macrodeliverance of the exodus event itself. When the daughters return home early, their father inquires as to why, and they explain the events at the well. He rebukes them for abandoning “the Egyptian man” and sends them out to fetch Moses, who returns with them and is invited to dwell with them more permanently, an offer he accepts without hesitation. The father also gives one of his daughters, Zipporah, to Moses as a wife. The fabric of Exodus 2:16-22 is woven by interspersing brisk action with dialogue to assist the characterization of its players and their development, and it is clear from a literary standpoint why the character naming occurs as it does. R. Alter and others have utilized the theoretical framework of the “type-scene” for interpreting this episode. This convention emphasizes the repetition of forms and patterns as a conscious device of literary composition. Exodus 2:16-22 is designated, then, a betrothal type-scene, similar to Genesis 24 (Isaac and Rebekah) and Genesis 29 (Jacob and Rachel). ...”