2:1 Now
a
man
from
the
house
of
Levi
went
and
took
as
his
wife
a
Levite
woman.
2:2 The
woman
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
when
she
saw
that
he
was
a
fine
child,
she
hid
him
three
months.
2:3 When
she
could
hide
him
no
longer,
she
took
for
him
a
basket
made
of
bulrushes
and
daubed
it
with
bitumen
and
pitch.
She
put
the
child
in
it
and
placed
it
among
the
reeds
by
the
river
bank.
2:4 And
his
sister
stood
at
a
distance
to
know
what
would
be
done
to
him.
2:5 Now
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh
came
down
to
bathe
at
the
river,
while
her
young
women
walked
beside
the
river.
She
saw
the
basket
among
the
reeds
and
sent
her
servant
woman,
and
she
took
it.
2:6 When
she
opened
it,
she
saw
the
child,
and
behold,
the
baby
was
crying.
She
took
pity
on
him
and
said,
"This
is
one
of
the
Hebrews'
children."
2:7 Then
his
sister
said
to
Pharaoh's
daughter,
"Shall
I
go
and
call
you
a
nurse
from
the
Hebrew
women
to
nurse
the
child
for
you"
2:8 And
Pharaoh's
daughter
said
to
her,
"Go."
So
the
girl
went
and
called
the
child's
mother.
2:9 And
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.
2:10 When
the
child
grew
up,
she
brought
him
to
Pharaoh's
daughter,
and
he
became
her
son.
She
named
him
Moses,
"Because,"
she
said,
"I
drew
him
out
of
the
water."
2:11 One
day,
when
Moses
had
grown
up,
he
went
out
to
his
people
and
looked
on
their
burdens,
and
he
saw
an
Egyptian
beating
a
Hebrew,
one
of
his
people.
2:12 He
looked
this
way
and
that,
and
seeing
no
one,
he
struck
down
the
Egyptian
and
hid
him
in
the
sand.
2:13 When
he
went
out
the
next
day,
behold,
two
Hebrews
were
struggling
together.
And
he
said
to
the
man
in
the
wrong,
"Why
do
you
strike
your
companion"
2:14 He
answered,
"Who
made
you
a
prince
and
a
judge
over
us
Do
you
mean
to
kill
me
as
you
killed
the
Egyptian"
Then
Moses
was
afraid,
and
thought,
"Surely
the
thing
is
known."
2:15 When
Pharaoh
heard
of
it,
he
sought
to
kill
Moses.
But
Moses
fled
from
Pharaoh
and
stayed
in
the
land
of
Midian.
And
he
sat
down
by
a
well.
2:16 Now
the
priest
of
Midian
had
seven
daughters,
and
they
came
and
drew
water
and
filled
the
troughs
to
water
their
father's
flock.
2:17 The
shepherds
came
and
drove
them
away,
but
Moses
stood
up
and
saved
them,
and
watered
their
flock.
2:18 When
they
came
home
to
their
father
Reuel,
he
said,
"How
is
it
that
you
have
come
home
so
soon
today"
2:19 They
said,
"An
Egyptian
delivered
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
shepherds
and
even
drew
water
for
us
and
watered
the
flock."
2:20 He
said
to
his
daughters,
"Then
where
is
he
Why
have
you
left
the
man
Call
him,
that
he
may
eat
bread."
2:21 And
Moses
was
content
to
dwell
with
the
man,
and
he
gave
Moses
his
daughter
Zipporah.
2:22 She
gave
birth
to
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name
Gershom,
for
he
said,
"I
have
been
a
sojourner
in
a
foreign
land."
2:23 During
those
many
days
the
king
of
Egypt
died,
and
the
people
of
Israel
groaned
because
of
their
slavery
and
cried
out
for
help.
Their
cry
for
rescue
from
slavery
came
up
to
God.
2:24 And
God
heard
their
groaning,
and
God
remembered
his
covenant
with
Abraham,
with
Isaac,
and
with
Jacob.
2:25 God
saw
the
people
of
Israel--and
God
knew.