Bible, King James Version
Exodus
Exod.2
[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.
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