Exodus:2

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* And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi . * And the woman conceived and bore a son . And when she saw that he was good , she hid him three months . * And when she could no longer hide him , she took a vessel of reeds for him , daubed it with asphalt and pitch , put the child in it , and laid it in the reeds by the river bank . * And his sister stood at a distance , to know what would be done to him . * And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river . And her maidens were walking along the riverside ; and when she saw the vessel among the reeds , she sent her maid to fetch it . * And when she opened it , she saw the child , and behold , the boy wept . And she had compassion on him , and said , This is one of the Hebrews ’ children . * Then his sister said to Pharaoh ’s daughter , Shall I go and call a wet nurse for you from the Hebrew women , that she may nurse the child for you ? * And Pharaoh ’s daughter said to her , Go . So the maiden went and called the child ’s mother . * 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 . * And the child grew , and she brought him to Pharaoh ’s daughter , and he became her son . And she called his name Moses , saying , Because I drew him out of the water . * And it came to pass in those days , when Moses was grown , that he went out to his brethren and looked upon their burdens . And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew , one of his brethren . * And he looked this way and that , and when he saw no one , he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand . * And when he went out the second day , behold , two Hebrew men were fighting , and he said to the guilty one , Why are you striking the other fellow ? * And he said , Who made you 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 of the matter , he sought to kill Moses . But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian ; and he sat down by a well . * Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters . And they came and drew water , and they filled the troughs to water their father ’s flock . * And the shepherds came and drove them away ; but Moses stood up and delivered them , and watered their flock . * And when they came to Reuel their father , he said , How is it that you have made haste today ? * And they said , An Egyptian man delivered us from the hand of the shepherds , and proceeded to draw for us and watered the flock . * And he said to his daughters , And where is he ? Why is it that you have left the man ? Invite him , that he may eat bread . * And Moses agreed to live with the man , and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses . * And she bore him a son , and he called his name Gershom ; for he said , I have become a sojourner in a foreign land . * And it came to pass after many days that the king of Egypt died . And the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage , and they cried out ; 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 gave attention to the children of Israel , and God acknowledged them .

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