Exodus 2
1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took a daughter of Levi.
2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a box of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it amidst the flags by the brink of the river.
4 And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
And his sister placed herself afar off, to ascertain what would be done to him.
5 Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the side of the river; and when she saw the box among the flags, she sent her maid and fetched it.
6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
And she opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, it was a weeping boy; and she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse for thee the child?
8 “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go; and the maiden went and called the mother of the child.
9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take away this child, and nurse him for me, and I will give thee thy wages; and the woman took the child, and nursed him.
10 When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
And the child grew up, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became to her as a son; and she called his name Moses; and she said, Because out of the water have I drawn him.
11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdensome labors; and he saw an Egyptian man smiting a Hebrew man, one of his brethren.
12 After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one by, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were striving together; and he said unto him that was in the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
And he said, Who made thee a chief and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou hast killed the Egyptian! And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is become known.
15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
And Pharaoh heard this thing, and he sought to slay Moses; but Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and tarried in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
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 when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses arose and helped them, and watered their flock.
18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Wherefore are ye come home so soon today?
19 “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
And they said, An Egyptian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds; and he also drew water for us, and watered the flock.
20 “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? wherefore have ye left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land.
23 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
And it came to pass in this long time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their complaint came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24 So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 God saw the Israelites and took notice.
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.
