02_EXO_02_01 And there went A man of the house of Levi, And took [ to wife] A daughter of Levi.
02_EXO_02_02 And the woman conceived, And bare A son: And when she saw him that he [ was A] goodly [ child], she hid him three months.
02_EXO_02_03 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, And daubed it with slime And with pitch, And put the child therein; And she laid [ it] in the flags by the river's brink.
02_EXO_02_04 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
02_EXO_02_05 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to Wash [ herself] at the river; And her maidens walked along by the river's side; And when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
02_EXO_02_06 And when she had opened [ it], she saw the child: And, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, And said, this [ Is one] of the Hebrews' children.
02_EXO_02_07 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, shall I go And call to thee A nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
02_EXO_02_08 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, go. And the maid went And called the child's mother.
02_EXO_02_09 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, take this child away, And nurse it for me, And I will give [ thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child, And nursed it.
02_EXO_02_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.
02_EXO_02_11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, And looked on their burdens: And he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
02_EXO_02_12 And he looked this way And that way, And when he saw that [ there was] no man, he slew the Egyptian, And hid him in the sand.
02_EXO_02_13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: And he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
02_EXO_02_14 And he said, who made thee A prince And A judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, And said, surely this thing Is known.
02_EXO_02_15 now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. but Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, And dwelt in the land of Midian: And he sat down by A Well.
02_EXO_02_16 now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: And they came And drew [ water], And filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
02_EXO_02_17 And the shepherds came And drove them away: but Moses stood up And helped them, And watered their flock.
02_EXO_02_18 And when they came to Reuel their Father, he said, how [ Is it that] ye are come So soon to day?
02_EXO_02_19 And they said, an Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, And also drew [ water] enough for us, And watered the flock.
02_EXO_02_20 And he said unto his daughters, And where [ Is] he? why [ Is] it [ that] ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
02_EXO_02_21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
02_EXO_02_22 And she bare [ him] A son, And he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been A stranger in A strange land.
02_EXO_02_23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, And they cried, And their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
02_EXO_02_24 And God heard their groaning, And God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, And with Jacob.
02_EXO_02_25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, And God had respect unto [ them].