He said, O my Lord, deliver me from the unjust people _of Pharaoh_![261] And when he was journeying towards Medyen, _which was the city of Sho´eyb, eight days’ journey from Miṣr (named after Medyen the son of Abraham), and he knew not the way unto it_, he said, Peradventure my Lord will direct me unto the right way, _or the middle way. And God sent unto him an angel, having in his hand a short spear; and he went with him thither._[262] And when he came unto the water (_or well_) of Medyen, he found at it a company of men watering _their animals_; and he found besides them two women keeping away _their sheep from the water_. He said _unto them_ (_namely the two women_), What is the matter with you _that ye water not_? They answered, We shall not water until the pastors shall have driven away _their animals_; and our father is a very old man, _who cannot water the sheep_. And he watered for them _from another well near unto them, from which he lifted a stone that none could lift but ten persons._ Then he retired to the shade _of an Egyptian thorn-tree on account of the violence of the heat of the sun; and he was hungry_, and he said, O my Lord, verily I am in need of the good _provision_ which Thou shalt send down unto me. _And the two women returned unto their father in less time than they were accustomed to do: so he asked them the reason thereof; and they informed him of the person who had watered for them; whereupon he said unto one of them, Call him unto me._ And one of them[263] came unto him, walking bashfully, _with the sleeve of her shift over her face, by reason of her abashment at him_: she said, My father calleth thee, that he may recompense thee with the reward of thy having watered for us. _And he assented to her call, disliking in his mind the receiving of the reward: but it seemeth that she intended the compensation if he were of such as desired it. And she walked before him; and the wind blew her garment, and her legs were discovered: so he said unto her, Walk behind me and direct me in the way. And she did so, until she came unto her father, who was Sho´eyb, on whom be peace! and with him was_ [prepared] _a supper. He said unto him, Sit and sup. But he replied, I fear lest it be a compensation for my having watered for them, and we are a family who seek not a compensation for doing good. He said, Nay, it is my custom and hath been the custom of my fathers to entertain the guest and to give food. So he ate; and acquainted, him with his case._ And when he had come unto him, and had related to him the story _of his having killed the Egyptian and their intention to kill him and his fear of Pharaoh_, he replied, Fear not: thou hast escaped from the unjust people. (_For Pharaoh had no dominion over Medyen._) One of them [namely of the women] said (_and she was the one who had been sent_), O my father, hire him _to tend our sheep in our stead_; for the best whom thou canst hire is the strong, the trustworthy. _So he asked her