Exodus 2
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
And there goes a man of the house of Levi, and he takes the daughter of Levi,
2 And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
and the woman conceives, and bears a son, and she sees him, that he [is] beautiful, and she hides him [for] 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 she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
and she has not been able to hide him anymore, and she takes an ark of rushes for him, and covers it with bitumen and with pitch, and puts the boy in it, and puts [it] in the weeds by the edge of the River;
4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
and his sister stations herself far off, to know what is done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
And a daughter of Pharaoh comes down to bathe at the River, and her girls are walking by the side of the River, and she sees the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sends her handmaid, and she takes it,
6 And she opened it, and saw it, even the child; and behold a boy that wept. And she had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'
and opens, and sees him—the boy, and behold, a child weeping! And she has pity on him and says, “This is [one] of the Hebrews’ children.”
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter: 'Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?'
And his sister says to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Do I go? When I have called a suckling woman of the Hebrews for you, then she suckles the boy for you”;
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
and the daughter of Pharaoh says to her, “Go”; and the virgin goes, and calls the mother of the boy,
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.
and the daughter of Pharaoh says to her, “Take this boy away, and suckle him for me, and I give your hire”; and the woman takes the boy, and suckles him.
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 said: 'Because I drew him out of the water.'
And the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, “Because I have drawn him from the water.”
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
And it comes to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goes out to his brothers, and looks on their burdens, and sees a man, an Egyptian, striking a man, a Hebrew, [one] of his brothers,
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
and he turns here and there, and sees that there is no man, and strikes the Egyptian, and hides him in the sand.
13 And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: 'Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?'
And he goes out on the second day, and behold, two men, Hebrews, are striving, and he says to the wrongdoer, “Why do you strike your neighbor?”
14 And he said: 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian?' And Moses feared, and said: 'Surely the thing is known.'
And he says, “Who set you for a head and judge over us? Are you saying [it] to slay me as you have slain the Egyptian?” And Moses fears and says, “Surely the thing has been 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.
And Pharaoh hears of this thing, and seeks to slay Moses, and Moses flees from the face of Pharaoh, and dwells in the land of Midian, and dwells by the 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.
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,
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses arises, and saves them, and waters their flock.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said: 'How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?'
And they come to their father Reuel, and he says, “Why have you hurried to come in today?”
19 And they said: 'An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.'
And they say, “A man, an Egyptian, has delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and has also diligently drawn for us, and waters 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.'
and he says to his daughters, “And where [is] he? Why [is] this [that] you left the man? Call for him, and he eats bread.”
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he gives his daughter Zipporah to Moses,
22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land.'
and she bears a son, and he calls his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land.”
23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days 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.
And it comes to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dies, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goes up to God, because of the service;
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
and God hears their groaning, and God remembers His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
25 And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.
and God sees the sons of Israel, and God knows.
