Exodus 2:10: And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
When Moses was a baby, God had him placed in a little ark made of bulrushes, where he floated on the Nile River and was drawn from its waters by Pharaoh’s daughter. It was because of his being drawn from the waters that he was given the name of “Moses,” which means “drawn out.” Moses’ name would embody his calling and his destiny, to draw out his people from the land and ways of Egypt. He was to do for his people that which had been done to him, to save others by drawing them out.
Before Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt in an exodus, he firstly experienced his own personal exodus out of Egypt. His exodus began when he fled from Pharaoh after having killed an Egyptian (Exodus 2:11-15). God brought Moses into the land of Midian, and it would be there on Mount Sinai that Moses would meet God in the burning bush, and there he would receive his commission to return to Egypt and deliver his people.
When Moses returned to Egypt and eventually brought the children of Israel out of bondage, the first place they came to was Mount Sinai in the land of Midian. It was there on Mount Sinai that God entered into a covenant of marriage with Israel, even as Moses entered into a covenant of marriage with Zipporah in the land of Midian.