Now a man from athe house
of Levi
went
and 1married
a daughter
of Levi
.
The woman conceived
and bore
a son
; and when she saw
1that he was 2 abeautiful
, she hid
him for three
months
.
But when she could hide
him no
longer
, she got
him a 1 awicker
2basket
and covered
it over with tar
and pitch
. Then she put
the child
into it and set
it among the breeds
by the bank
of the Nile
.
aHis sister stood
at a distance
to 1find
out what
would 2happen
to him.
The daughter of Pharaoh
came
down
ato bathe
at the Nile
, with her maidens
walking
alongside
the Nile
; and she saw
the 1basket
among
the reeds
and sent
her maid
, and she brought
it to her.
When she opened it, she 1saw
the child
, and behold
, the 2boy
was crying
. And she had
pity
on him and said
, "This
is one
of the Hebrews'
children
."
Then his sister said
to Pharaoh's
daughter
, "Shall I go
and call
1a nurse
for you from the Hebrew
women
that she may nurse
the child
for you?"
Pharaoh's daughter
said
to her, "Go
ahead." So the girl
went
and called
the child's
mother
.
Then Pharaoh's daughter
said
to her, "Take
this
child
away and nurse
him for me and I will give
you your wages
." So the woman
took
the child
and nursed
him.
The child grew
, and she brought
him to Pharaoh's
daughter
and ahe became
her son
. And she named
him 1Moses
, and said
, "Because
I 2drew
him out of the water
."
Now it came about in those
days
, awhen Moses
had grown
up, that he went
out to his brethren
and looked
on their 1 bhard
labors
; and che saw
an Egyptian
beating
a Hebrew
, one
of his brethren
.
So he 1looked this
way
and that, and when he saw
there
was no
one
around, he astruck
down
the Egyptian
and hid
him in the sand
.
He went out athe next
day
, and behold
, two
Hebrews
were 1fighting
with each other; and he said
to the 2offender
, "Why
are you striking
your companion
?"
But he said, " aWho
made
you a 1prince
or a judge
over
us? Are you 2intending
to kill
me as you killed
the Egyptian
?" Then Moses
was afraid
and said
, "Surely
the matter
has become known
."
When Pharaoh heard
of this
matter
, he tried
to kill
Moses
. But aMoses
fled
from the presence
of Pharaoh
and 1settled
in the land
of Midian
, and he sat
down
bby a well
.
Now athe priest of Midian
had seven
daughters
; and bthey came
to draw
water
and filled
the troughs
to water
their father's
flock
.
Then the shepherds came
and drove
them away
, but aMoses
stood
up and helped
them and watered
their flock
.
When they came to aReuel
their father
, he said
, "Why
have you come
back so soon
today
?"
So they said, "An Egyptian
delivered
us from the hand
of the shepherds
, and what
is more
, he even
drew
the water
for us and watered
the flock
."
He said to his daughters
, "Where
is he then? Why
is it that you have left
the man
behind
? Invite
him 1to have something
to eat
."
aMoses was willing
to dwell
with the man
, and he gave
his daughter
bZipporah
to Moses
.
Then she gave birth
to aa son
, and he named
him 1Gershom
, for he said
, "I have been
ba 2sojourner
in a foreign
land
."
Now it came about in the course of those
many
days
that the king
of Egypt
died
. And the sons
of Israel
asighed
because
of the bondage
, and they cried
out; and btheir cry
for help
because
of their bondage
rose
up to God
.
So aGod heard
their groaning
; and God
remembered
bHis covenant
with Abraham
, Isaac
, and Jacob
.
aGod saw
the sons
of Israel
, and God
1took
notice
of them.