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Exodus 2

The Birth of Moses

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Now a man from  athe house of Levi went and  1married a daughter of Levi.

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The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw  1that he was  2 abeautiful, she hid him for three months.

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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.

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 aHis sister stood at a distance to  1find out what would  2happen to him.

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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.

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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."

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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?"

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Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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?"

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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."

Moses Escapes to Midian

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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.

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Now  athe priest of Midian had seven daughters; and  bthey came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

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Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but  aMoses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.

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When they came to  aReuel their father, he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?"

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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."

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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."

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 aMoses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter  bZipporah to Moses.

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Then she gave birth to  aa son, and he named him  1Gershom, for he said, "I have been  ba  2sojourner in a foreign land."

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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.

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So  aGod heard their groaning; and God remembered  bHis covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 aGod saw the sons of Israel, and God  1took notice of them.



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