Exodus:2

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* And a man went from the house of Levi and took a daughter of Levi [as his wife ]. * And the woman conceived and bore a son . And when she saw him , that he was beautiful , she hid him three months . * But when she could no longer hide him , she took an ark of papyrus for him , and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch , and put the child in it . And she laid [it ] in the reeds by the river 's edge . * And his sister stood afar off , to know what would be done to him . * And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river . And her maidens walked along by the riverside . And when she saw the ark among the reeds , she sent her slave-girl to bring it . * And she opened [it ], and she saw the child . And behold , a boy wept . And she had pity on him , and said , This [is ] one of the Hebrews ' sons . * And his sister said to Pharaoh 's daughter , Shall I go and call a woman , a nurse of the Hebrew women for you , that she may nurse the child for you ? * And Pharaoh 's daughter said to her , Go . And the girl went and called [the ] child 's mother . * And Pharaoh 's daughter said to her , Take this child away and nurse it for me , and I will give your wages . And the woman took the child and nursed it . * And the child grew , and she brought him to Pharaoh 's daughter , and he became her son . And she called his name Moses . And she said , Because I took him out of the water . * And it happened in those days , when Moses was grown , he went out to his brothers and looked upon their burdens . And he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew , one of his brothers . * And he looked this way and that way , and when he did not see anyone , he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand . * And when he went out the second day , behold , two men of the Hebrews strove together . And he said to the guilty one , Why do you strike your neighbor ? * And he said , Who made you as a man , a ruler and a judge over us ? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian ? And Moses feared , and said , Surely this thing is known . * And when Pharaoh heard this thing , he sought to kill Moses . But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh , and lived in the land of Midian . And [he ] sat down by a well . * And the priest of Midian [had ] seven daughters . And they came and drew , and filled the troughs to water their father 's flock . * And the shepherds came and drove them away . But Moses stood up and helped them , and watered their flock . * And when they came to Reuel their father , he said , Why have you hurried to come today ? * And they said , An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds , and also drew for us and watered the flock . * And he said to his daughters , And where [is ] he ? Why then have you left the man ? Call him , that he may eat bread . * And Moses was content to live with the man . And he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah . * And she bore a son , and he called his name Gershom . For he said , I have been a stranger in a strange land . * And it happened after many days the king of Egypt died . And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage , and they cried , and their cry came up to God because of the bondage . * And God heard their groaning , and God remembered His covenant with Abraham , with Isaac , and with Jacob . * And God looked upon the sons of Israel , and God knew [them ].

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