Exodus 2
1 and to go: went man from house: household Levi and to take: marry [obj] daughter Levi
(There was a man who/My father) was descended from [Jacob’s son] Levi. He married a woman who was [also] descended from Levi.
2 and to conceive [the] woman and to beget son: child and to see: see [obj] him for pleasant he/she/it and to treasure him three month
She became pregnant and gave birth to (a baby boy/me). When she saw that he/I was a good-looking baby, she hid him/me for three months, [because she was not willing to do what the king commanded].
3 and not be able still to treasure him and to take: take to/for him ark reed and to daub her in/on/with bitumen and in/on/with pitch and to set: put in/on/with her [obj] [the] youth and to set: put in/on/with reed upon lip: shore [the] Nile
When she was unable to (hide him/me/keep it a secret) any longer, she got a basket made from tall reeds. She covered the basket with tar ([to make it waterproof/so water could not get in]). Then she put him/me in the basket and put the basket in [the water] in the middle of the tall grass at the edge of the Nile [River].
4 and to stand sister his from distant to/for to know what? to make: do to/for him
His/My older sister was standing not far away, [watching to see] what would happen to him/me.
5 and to go down daughter Pharaoh to/for to wash: wash upon [the] Nile and maiden her to go: walk upon hand: to [the] Nile and to see: see [obj] [the] ark in/on/with midst [the] reed and to send: depart [obj] maidservant her (and to take: take her *L(abh)*)
[Soon] the king’s daughter went down to the river to bathe. Her female servants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket amid the tall grass [in the river]. So she sent [one of] her servants to get it.
6 and to open and to see: see him [obj] [the] youth and behold youth to weep and to spare upon him and to say from youth [the] Hebrew this
When [the servant brought the basket to her], she opened it, and was surprised to see (a baby that was/me), crying. She felt sorry for him/me, and said, “This [must] be one of the Hebrews’ babies.”
7 and to say sister his to(wards) daughter Pharaoh to go: went and to call: call to to/for you woman to suckle from [the] Hebrew and to suckle to/for you [obj] [the] youth
Then (the baby’s/my) [older] sister [approached] the king’s daughter and said, “Do you want me to go and find someone from among the Hebrew women who will [be able to] nurse the baby for you?”
8 and to say to/for her daughter Pharaoh to go: went and to go: went [the] maiden and to call: call to [obj] mother [the] youth
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Yes], go [and find one].” So the girl went and summoned (the baby’s/my) mother.
9 and to say to/for her daughter Pharaoh to go: take [obj] [the] youth [the] this and to suckle him to/for me and I to give: pay [obj] wages your and to take: take [the] woman [the] youth and to suckle him
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Please] take this baby and nurse him for me. I will pay you [for doing that].” So (the woman/my mother) took him/me and nursed him/me.
10 and to magnify [the] youth and to come (in): bring him to/for daughter Pharaoh and to be to/for her to/for son: child and to call: call by name his Moses and to say for from [the] water to draw him
([A few years later]/when (the child/I) grew [older]), she brought him/me to the king’s daughter. She adopted him/me [as though I was] her own son. She named him/me Moses, [which sounds like the Hebrew words ‘pull out’], because she said “I pulled him out of the water.”
11 and to be in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and to magnify Moses and to come out: come to(wards) brother: compatriot his and to see: see in/on/with burden their and to see: see man Egyptian to smite man Hebrew from brother: compatriot his
One day, after Moses/I had grown up, he/I went out [of the palace area] to see his/my people, [the Hebrews]. He/I saw how they were being [forced to work] very hard. He/I [also] saw an Egyptian [man] beating one of his/my Hebrew people.
12 and to turn thus and thus and to see: see for nothing man: anyone and to smite [obj] [the] Egyptian and to hide him in/on/with sand
He/I looked around [to see if anyone was watching]. Seeing no one, he/I killed the Egyptian man and buried his [body] in the sand.
13 and to come out: come in/on/with day [the] second and behold two human Hebrew to struggle and to say to/for wicked to/for what? to smite neighbor your
The next day he/I returned [to the same place]. He/I was surprised to see two Hebrew men who were fighting [each other]. He/I said to the man who started the fight, “Why are you (you should not be) striking your fellow [Hebrew].”
14 and to say who? to set: make you to/for man ruler and to judge upon us to/for to kill me you(m. s.) to say like/as as which to kill [obj] [the] Egyptian and to fear Moses and to say surely to know [the] word: thing
The man replied, “(Who made you our ruler and judge?/No one made you our ruler and judge!) [RHQ] [You have no right to interfere with us] Are you going to kill me just like you killed that Egyptian man [yesterday]?” Then Moses/I was afraid, [because] he/I thought, “[Since that man knows what I did], surely [other people] know, [too].”
15 and to hear: hear Pharaoh [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this and to seek to/for to kill [obj] Moses and to flee Moses from face Pharaoh and to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet Midian and to dwell upon [the] well
[And that was correct]. The king heard about what he/I had done [to that Egyptian. So he ordered his soldiers to] execute/kill Moses/me. But he/I fled from the king [and left Egypt. He/I traveled east to] the Midian [region] and started to live there.
16 and to/for priest Midian seven daughter and to come (in): come and to draw (up/out) and to fill [obj] [the] trough to/for to water: watering flock father their
The man who was the (priest/one who offered the people’s gifts to God) for the Midian people, [whose name was Jethro], had seven daughters. [One day] as Moses/I sat down beside a well, those girls came [to the well] and got water, and filled the troughs in order to give water to their father’s flock [of sheep].
17 and to come (in): come [the] to pasture and to drive out: drive out them and to arise: rise Moses and to save them and to water: watering [obj] flock their
Some (shepherds/men who took care of other sheep) came and started to chase away the girls. But Moses/I helped/rescued the girls, and got water for their sheep.
18 and to come (in): come to(wards) Reuel father their and to say why? to hasten to come (in): come [the] day
When the girls returned to their father [Jethro], [whose other name is] Reuel, he asked them, “How is it that you were able to [give water to the sheep and] come home so quickly today?”
19 and to say man Egyptian to rescue us from hand: power [the] to pasture and also to draw (up/out) to draw (up/out) to/for us and to water: watering [obj] [the] flock
They replied, “A man from Egypt kept [MTY] other shepherds from sending us away. He also got water for us [from the well] and gave water to the flock [of sheep].”
20 and to say to(wards) daughter his and where? he to/for what? this to leave: forsake [obj] [the] man to call: call to to/for him and to eat food: bread
He said to his daughters, “Where is he? (Why did you leave him [out there]?/You should not leave him [out there]!) [RHQ] Invite him [in], so he can have something to eat [MTY]!”
21 and be willing Moses to/for to dwell with [the] man and to give: give(marriage) [obj] Zipporah daughter his to/for Moses
[So they did], and Moses/I [accepted and ate with them]. And Moses/I decided to live there. Later Jethro gave him/me his daughter Zipporah [to be his/my wife].
22 and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Gershom for to say sojourner to be in/on/with land: country/planet foreign
Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses/I named him Gershom, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘foreigner’], because he/I said, “I am living as a foreigner in [this] land.”
23 and to be in/on/with day [the] many [the] they(masc.) and to die king Egypt and to sigh son: descendant/people Israel from [the] service and to cry out and to ascend: rise cry their to(wards) [the] God from [the] service
Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israeli people [in Egypt] were still groaning because of the [hard work they had to do as] slaves. They called out for [someone to] help them, and God heard them call out [PRS].
24 and to hear: hear God [obj] groan their and to remember God [obj] covenant his with Abraham with Isaac and with Jacob
He heard them groaning. And he (thought about/did not forget) that he had solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [to bless their descendants].
25 and to see: see God [obj] son: descendant/people Israel and to know God
God saw how the Israeli people were [being badly treated], and he was concerned about them.
