Exo 2 | NASB2020 | 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 And the woman conceived and gave birth to 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 no longer hide him, she got him a ^fpapyrus ^{▼▼Or chest}basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the ^hreeds by the bank of the Nile. 4 ⁱAnd his sister stood at a distance to ^{▼▼Lit know}find out what would ^{▼▼Lit be done}happen to him.

5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down ^lto bathe at the Nile, with her female attendants walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the ^{▼▼Or chest}basket among the reeds and sent her slave woman, and she brought it to her. 6 When she opened it, she ^{▼▼Heb saw it, the child}saw the child, and behold, the 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 a woman for you who is nursing from the Hebrew women, so 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 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and ^ohe became her son. And she named him ^{▼▼Heb Mosheh, from a verb meaning to draw out}Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

11 Now it came about in those days, ^qwhen Moses had grown up, that he went out to his ^{▼▼Lit brothers}fellow Hebrews and looked at their ^{▼▼Lit burdens
,} ^thard labors; and ^uhe saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his ^{▼▼Lit brothers}fellow Hebrews. 12 So he ^{▼▼Lit turned}looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he ^xstruck and killed the Egyptian, and hid ^{▼▼Lit him}his body in the sand. 13 Now he went out ^zthe 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, “ ^acWho made you a ^{▼▼Lit man, a ruler}ruler and a judge over us? Do you ^{▼▼Lit say}intend 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 about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But ^afMoses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and ^{▼▼Lit dwelt}settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down ^ahby a well.

16 Now ^aithe priest of Midian had seven daughters; and ^ajthey came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but ^akMoses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. 18 When they came to their father ^alReuel, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?” 19 They said, “An Egyptian saved us from ^{▼▼Lit the hand of the}the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 So 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 And ^aoMoses was willing to live 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 stranger 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 ^atgroaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and ^autheir cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God. 24 So ^avGod heard their groaning; and God remembered ^awHis covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 And ^axGod saw the sons of Israel, and God ^{▼▼Lit knew them}took notice of them.