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Chapter 2
- 2:1
- And there
went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
- 2:2
- And the
woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a
goodly child, she hid him three months.
- 2:3
- 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.
- 2:4
- And his
sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
- 2:5
- 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.
- 2:6
- 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.
- 2:7
- 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?
- 2:8
- And
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother.
- 2:9
- 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 women took the child,
and nursed it.
- 2:10
- 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.
- 2:11
- 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.
- 2:12
- 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.
- 2:13
- 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?
- 2:14
- 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.
- 2:15
- 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.
- 2:16
- Now the
priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water,
and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
- 2:17
- And the
shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped
them, and watered their flock.
- 2:18
- And when
they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come
so soon to day?
- 2:19
- 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.
- 2:20
- 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.
- 2:21
- And Moses
was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his
daughter.
- 2:22
- And she
bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have
been a stranger in a strange land.
- 2:23
- 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.
- 2:24
- And God
heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham,
with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- 2:25
- And God
looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
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