“1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a
daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when
she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three months. 3
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. 4 And his
sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.”
“5 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. 6 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. 7 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? 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went
and called the child’s mother. 9 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. 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.”
“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. 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. 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? 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. 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.”
“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. 17
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel
their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day? 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.
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. 21 And Moses was
content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
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.”
“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. 24
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children
of Israel, and God had respect unto [them].” (Ex 2:1-25 AV)
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