Exodus:2

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* After this there went a man of the house of Levi ; and took a wife of his own kindred . * And she conceived , and bore a son ; and seeing him a goodly child hid him three months . * And when she could hide him no longer , she took a basket made of bulrushes , and daubed it with slime and pitch : and put the little babe therein , and laid him in the sedges by the river 's brink , * His sister standing afar off , and taking notice what would be done . * And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river : and her maids walked by the river 's brink . And when she saw the basket in the sedges , she sent one of her maids for it : and when it was brought , * She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying , having compassion on it she said : This is one of the babes of the Hebrews . * And the child 's sister said to her Shall I go and call to thee a Hebrew woman , to nurse the babe ? * She answered : Go . The maid went and called her mother . * And Pharao 's daughter said to her . Take this child and nurse him for me : I will give thee thy wages . The woman took , and nursed the child : and when he was grown up , she delivered him to Pharao 's daughter . * And she adopted him for a son , and called him Moses , saying : Because I took him out of the water . * In those days after Moses was grown up , he went out to his brethren : and saw their affliction , and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews his brethren . * And when he had looked about this way and that way , and saw no one there , he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand . * And going out the next day , he saw two Hebrews quarreling : and he said to him that did the wrong : Why strikest thou thy neighbour ? * But he answered : Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us : wilt thou kill me , as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian ? Moses feared , and said : How is this come to be known ? * And Pharao heard of this word and sought to kill Moses : but he fled from his sight , and abode in the land of Madian , and he sat down by a well . * And the priest of Madian had seven daughters , who came to draw water : and when the troughs were filled , desired to water their father 's flocks . * And the shepherds came and drove them away : and Moses arose , and defending the maids , watered their sheep . * And when they returned to Raguel their father , he said to them : Why are ye come sooner than usual ? * They answered : A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds : and he drew water also with us , and gave the sheep to drink . * But he said : Where is he ? why have you let the man go ? call him that he may eat bread . * And Moses swore that he would dwell with him . And he took Sephora his daughter to wife : * And she bore him a son , whom he called Gersam , saying : I have been a stranger in a foreign country . And she bore another , whom he called Eliezer , saying : For the God of my father , my helper hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao . * Now after a long time the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel groaning , cried out because of the works : and their cry went up unto God from the works . * And he heard their groaning , and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob . * And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel , and he knew them .

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