^{23 Ref} But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, the children of Israel.

^{24 Ref} Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.

^{25 Ref} He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.

^{26 Ref} "The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'