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Exodus 2

CHAPTER 2 Birth of Moses

1 And there was a certain man from the tribe of Levi, and he took of the daughters of Levi, and had her. 2 And [²in ³the womb ¹she conceived], and bore a male. And seeing that it was fair, they sheltered it [²months ¹three]. 3 But when they were not able [²it ³any longer ¹to hide], [²took ³for him ¹his mother] a wicker basket of papyrus, and besmeared it with tar, and put the male child into it, and put it into the marsh by the river. 4 And [²spied out ¹his sister] far off to learn what would result to him. 5 [⁵went down ¹And ²the ³daughter ⁴of Pharaoh] to bathe upon the river, and her handmaidens came near unto the river. And they saw the wicker basket in the marsh, and she sent the handmaiden to take it up. 6 And opening, she sees a male child weeping in the wicker basket. And [⁴spared ⁵him ¹the ²daughter ³of Pharaoh], and said, [²from ³the ⁴male children ⁵of the ⁶Hebrews ¹This one is]. 7 And [²said ¹his sister] to the daughter of Pharaoh, If you want I will call for you a woman nursing from the Hebrews, and she will suckle for you the male child. 8 And [⁴said ⁵to her ¹the ²daughter ³of Pharaoh], Go! And going, the young woman called the mother of the male child. 9 [⁵said ¹And ⁶to ⁷her ²the ³daughter ⁴of Pharaoh], Carefully keep for me this male child, and suckle it for me, and I will give to you the wage. [⁴took ¹And ²the ³woman] the male child, and suckled it. 10 [⁴maturing ¹And ²the ³male child], she brought it to the daughter of Pharaoh. And he became to her for a son. And she named his name Moses. Saying, For from the water I took him up.

Moses Kills an Egyptian

11 And it came to pass in [³days ²many ¹those], [³older ²becoming ¹Moses], he went forth to his brethren of the sons of Israel. And contemplating their misery, he saw an Egyptian man beating a certain Hebrew of his own brethren of the sons of Israel. 12 And looking about here on this side and here on that side he did not see anyone. And striking the Egyptian, he hid him in the sand. 13 And coming forth the [²day ¹second], he saw two men, Hebrews skirmishing. And he says to the one in the wrong, Why do you beat your neighbor? 14 And he said, Who placed you magistrate and judge over us? Is it that [³to do away with ⁴me ¹you ²want] in which manner you did away yesterday with the Egyptian? [³feared ¹And ²Moses], and said, Surely thus [³apparent ²has become ¹this thing].

Moses Flees to Midian

15 [³heard about ¹And ²Pharaoh] this thing, and he sought to do away with Moses. [³withdrew ¹But ²Moses] from the face of Pharaoh, and he dwelt in the land of Midian. And coming into the land of Midian, he sat at the well. 16 And to the priest of Midian there were seven daughters tending the sheep of their father Jethro. And they came to draw water until they filled the troughs to water the sheep of their father Jethro. 17 And coming, the shepherds cast them away. [³rose up ¹But ²Moses] to rescue them, and he drew water for them, and he watered their sheep. 18 And they came to Reuel their father. And he said to them, Why is it that you hastened to come today? 19 And they said, An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he drew water for us, and he watered our sheep. 20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he, and why thus have you left the man? You call him indeed! that he may eat bread. 21 [³settled ¹And ²Moses] by the man. And he handed over Zipporah his daughter to Moses as wife. 22 [³in ⁴the womb ¹And ²conceiving], the woman bore a son, and Moses named his name Gershom, saying that, I am a sojourner in [²land ¹an alien]. And still again conceiving, she bore [²son ¹a second], and he called his name Eliezer, saying that, the God of my father, my helper, also rescued me from the hand of Pharaoh. 23 And after [³days ²many ¹those], [⁴came to an end ¹the ²king ³of Egypt], and [⁴groaned ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] from the works, and yelled out. And [²ascended ¹their yell] to God because of the works. 24 And God listened to their moaning, and God remembered his covenant, the one with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the sons of Israel, and he was made known to them.