Exodus 2
Moses Is Born
And aa man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. 2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And awhen she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of abulrushes for him, daubed it with basphalt and cpitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds dby the river’s bank. 4 aAnd his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
5 Then the adaughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. 6 And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became aher son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
Moses Flees to Midian
11 Now it came to pass in those days, awhen Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he akilled the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 And awhen he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men bwere fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”
14 Then he said, a“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?”
So Moses bfeared and said, “Surely this thing is known!” 15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But aMoses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of bMidian; and he sat down by ca well.
16 aNow the priest of Midian had seven daughters. bAnd they came and drew water, and they filled the ctroughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Then the ashepherds came and bdrove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and cwatered their flock.
18 When they came to aReuel their father, bhe said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”
19 And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”
20 So he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may aeat bread.”
21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave aZipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore him a son. He called his name aGershom, for he said, “I have been ba stranger in a foreign land.”
23 Now it happened ain the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel bgroaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and ctheir cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 So God aheard their groaning, and God bremembered His ccovenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God alooked upon the children of Israel, and God backnowledged them.
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