Shemot 2
2
1And there went an ish of the Bais Levi, and took to wife a bat Levi.
2And the isha conceived, and bore a ben; and when she saw him that he was tov, she hid him three months.
3And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a tevah (ark) of papyrus, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the yeled therein; and she set it in the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
4And his achot stood afar off, to see what would be done to him.
5And the Bat Pharaoh came down to bathe herself at the Nile; and her na'arot walked along by the Nileʼs bank; and when she saw the tevah (ark) among the reeds, she sent her amah (maid servant) to fetch it.
6And when she had opened it, she saw the yeled; and, hinei, the na'ar was crying. And she had compassion on him, and said, This one is of the yaldei HaIvrim (Hebrew children).
7Then said his achot to Bat Pharaoh, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of HaIvriyyot, that she may nurse the yeled for thee?
8And Bat Pharaoh said to her, Go. And haalmah#2:8 See Gn 24:43; Isa 7:14 went and called the em hayeled.
9And Bat Pharaoh said unto her, Take this yeled away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the isha took the yeled, and nursed it.
10And the yeled grew, and she brought him unto Bat Pharaoh, and he became her ben. And she called shmo Moshe: and she said, Because meshitihu (I drew him) out of the mayim.
11And it came to pass in those days, when Moshe was grown, that he went out unto his achim, and looked on their sevalot: and he spied an Egyptian striking an ish Ivri, one of his achim.
12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no ish, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the chol (sand).
13And when he went out the second day, hinei, two anashim Ivrim were fighting; he said to him in the wrong, Why strike thou thy re'a?
14And he said, Who made thee a sar and a shofet over us? Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moshe feared, and thought, Surely this thing is known.
15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moshe. But Moshe fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in Eretz Midyan; and he sat down by a well.
16Now the kohen of Midyan had sheva banot; and they came and drew mayim, and filled the troughs to water the tzon of their av.
17And the ro'im (shepherds) came and drove them away; but Moshe stood up and rescued them, and watered their tzon.
18And when they came to Reuel their av, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?
19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the yad of the ro'im (shepherds), and also drew enough for us, and watered the tzon.
20And he said unto his banot, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the ish? Call him, that he may eat lechem.
21And Moshe was content to dwell with the ish; and he gave Moshe Tzipporah his bat.
22And she bore him a ben, and he called shmo Gershom; for he said, I have been a ger in a foreign land.
23And it came to pass in process of time, that Melech Mitzrayim died; and the Bnei Yisroel groaned by reason of haAvodah (the Bondage), and they cried out, and their cry came up unto HaElohim by reason of haAvodah.
24And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His brit (covenant) with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Ya'akov.
25And Elohim looked upon the Bnei Yisroel, and Elohim had da'as of them.
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Exodus 2
2
Moses Is Born
1A man from the Levi tribe married a woman from the same tribe, 2#Ac 7.20; He 11.23. and she later had a baby boy. He was a beautiful child, and she kept him inside for three months. 3But when she could no longer keep him hidden, she made a basket out of reeds and covered it with tar. She put him in the basket and placed it in the tall grass along the edge of the Nile River. 4The baby's older sister#2.4 older sister: Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron. stood off at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5About that time one of the king's#2.5 the king's: See the note at 1.11. daughters came down to take a bath in the river, while her servant women walked along the river bank. She saw the basket in the tall grass and sent one of them to pull it out of the water. 6When the king's daughter opened the basket, she saw the baby crying and felt sorry for him. She said, “This must be one of the Hebrew babies.”
7At once the baby's older sister came up and asked, “Do you want me to get a Hebrew woman to take care of the baby for you?”
8“Yes,” the king's daughter answered.
So the girl brought the baby's mother, 9and the king's daughter told her, “Take care of this child, and I will pay you.”
The baby's mother carried him home and took care of him. 10#3 Macc 3.24; Ac 7.21. And when he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses#2.10 Moses: In Hebrew “Moses” sounds like “pull out.” because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”
Moses Escapes from Egypt
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Ac 7.23-28. #He 11.24. After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were hard at work, and he saw an Egyptian beating one of them. 12Moses looked around to see if anyone was watching, then he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13When Moses went out the next day, he saw two Hebrews fighting. So he went to the man who had started the fight and asked, “Why are you beating up one of your own people?”
14The man answered, “Who put you in charge of us and made you our judge? Are you planning to kill me, just like you killed that Egyptian?”
This frightened Moses because he was sure that people must have found out what had happened. 15#Ac 7.29; He 11.27. When the king#2.15 the king: See the note at 1.11. heard what Moses had done, he wanted to kill him. But Moses escaped and went to the land of Midian.
One day, when Moses was sitting by a well, 16the seven daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian,#2.16 Jethro, the priest of Midian: Hebrew “the priest of Midian.” But see 3.1; 4.18; 18.1,2-4 where his name is given. In the Hebrew of verse 18 he is spoken of as “Reuel,” which may have been the name of the tribe to which Jethro belonged. came up to water their father's sheep and goats. 17Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals. 18When Jethro's daughters returned home, their father asked, “Why have you come back so early today?”
19They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds, and he even watered our sheep and goats.”
20“Where is he?” Jethro asked. “Why did you leave him out there? Invite him to eat with us.”
21Moses agreed to stay on with Jethro, who later let his daughter Zipporah marry Moses. 22And when she had a son, Moses said, “I will name him Gershom,#2.22 Gershom: In Hebrew “Gershom” sounds like “foreigner.” since I am a foreigner in this country.”
23After the death of the king of Egypt, the Israelites still complained because they were forced to be slaves. They cried out for help, 24#Gn 15.13-15. and God heard their loud cries. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 25and because he knew what was happening to his people, he felt sorry for them.
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