Exo 2 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi .

Exodus 2

The Birth of Moses

1 Now a man from ^athe house of Levi went and ^{▼▼ Lit took}married a daughter of Levi. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw ^{▼▼ Lit him that}that he was ^{▼▼ Lit good
,} ^ebeautiful, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a ^{▼▼ I.e. papyrus reeds
,} ^gwicker ^{▼▼ Or chest}basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the ⁱreeds by the bank of the Nile. 4 ^jHis sister stood at a distance to ^{▼▼ Lit know}find out what would ^{▼▼ Lit be done}happen to him.

5 The daughter of Pharaoh came down ^mto bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the ^{▼▼ Or chest}basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. 6 When she opened it, she ^{▼▼ Heb saw it, the child}saw the child, and behold, the ^{▼▼ Or lad}boy was crying. And she had pity 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 ^{▼▼ Lit a woman giving suck}a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?” 8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl 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 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and ^rhe became her son. And she named him ^{▼▼ Heb Mosheh, from mashah}Moses, and said, “Because I ^{▼▼ Heb mashah}drew him out of the water.”

11 Now it came about in those days, ^uwhen Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their ^{▼▼ Lit burdens
,} ^whard labors; and ^xhe saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 So he ^{▼▼ Lit turned}looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he ^zstruck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 He went out ^aathe next day, and behold, two Hebrews were ^{▼▼ Or quarreling}fighting with each other; and he said to the ^{▼▼ Or the guilty one}offender, “Why are you striking your companion?” 14 But he said, ^ad“Who made you a ^{▼▼ Lit man, a prince}prince or a judge over us? Are you ^{▼▼ Lit saying in your heart}intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”

Moses Escapes to Midian

15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But ^agMoses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and ^{▼▼ Lit dwelt}settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down ^aiby a well.

16 Now ^ajthe priest of Midian had seven daughters; and ^akthey came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but ^alMoses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. 18 When they came to ^amReuel their father, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?” 19 So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock.” 20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him ^{▼▼ Lit that he may eat bread}to have something to eat.” 21 ^aoMoses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter ^apZipporah to Moses. 22 Then she gave birth to ^aqa son, and he named him ^{▼▼ Cf Heb ger sham, a stranger there}Gershom, for he said, “I have been ^asa ^{▼▼ Heb ger}sojourner in a foreign land.”

23 Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel ^ausighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and ^avtheir cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God. 24 So ^awGod heard their groaning; and God remembered ^axHis covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 ^ayGod saw the sons of Israel, and God ^{▼▼ Lit knew them}took notice of them.