Exodus 2
EX 2:1 And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of
Levi,
EX 2:2 and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he
`is' fair, and she hideth him three months,
EX 2:3 and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him
an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the
lad in it, and putteth `it' in the weeds by the edge of the River;
EX 2:4 and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.
EX 2:5 And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her
damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst
of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,
EX 2:6 and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she
hath pity on him, and saith, `This is `one' of the Hebrews' children.'
EX 2:7 And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, `Do I go? when I have
called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad
for thee;'
EX 2:8 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Go;' and the virgin goeth, and
calleth the mother of the lad,
EX 2:9 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Take this lad away, and suckle
him for me, and I -- I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and
suckleth him.
EX 2:10 And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh,
and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, `Because
-- from the water I have drawn him.'
EX 2:11 And it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth
out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an
Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, `one' of his brethren,
EX 2:12 and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and
smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand.
EX 2:13 And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving!
and he saith to the wrong-doer, `Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?'
EX 2:14 and he saith, `Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me
art thou saying `it', as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and
saith, `Surely the thing hath been known.'
EX 2:15 And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses
fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and
dwelleth by the well.
EX 2:16 And to a priest of Midian `are' seven daughters, and they come and draw,
and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
EX 2:17 and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and
saveth them, and watereth their flock.
EX 2:18 And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, `Wherefore have ye
hastened to come in to-day?'
EX 2:19 and they say, `A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of
the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;'
EX 2:20 and he saith unto his daughters, `And where `is' he? why `is' this? --
ye left the man! call for him, and he doth eat bread.'
EX 2:21 And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his
daughter to Moses,
EX 2:22 and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A
sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
EX 2:23 And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt
dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their
cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;
EX 2:24 and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
EX 2:25 and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.
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