| Chapter 2 |
| 1 | And there went a man of the
house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. |
| 2 | And the woman
conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she
hid him 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
put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
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| 4 | And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
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| 5 | And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and
her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among
the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. |
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6 | And when she had opened it,
she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him,
and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. |
| 7 | Then said his
sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew
women, that she may nurse the child for thee? |
| 8 | And Pharaoh's
daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's
mother. |
| 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 women took the
child, and nursed it. |
| 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
she said, Because I drew him out of the water. |
| 11 | And it came
to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his
brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an
Hebrew, one of his brethren. |
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12 | And he looked this way and that way,
and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the
sand. |
| 13 |
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the
Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore
smitest thou thy fellow? |
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14 | And he said, Who made thee a prince
and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian?
And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is 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.
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| 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. |
| 17 | And
the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and
watered their flock. |
| 18 | And when they came to Reuel their father, he
said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? |
| 19 | And they
said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew
water enough for us, and watered the flock. |
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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. |
| 21 | And Moses was content to dwell with the man:
and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. |
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22 | And she bare him a son,
and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a
strange land. |
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23 | And it came to pass in process of time, 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.
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| 24 | And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. |
| 25 | And God looked upon the
children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. |
