Exodus 2
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CHAPTER 2
1After these things a man of the house of Levi went out, and took a wife of his kin into fleshly coupling#2:1 ‘into fleshly coupling’; for she was his wife before, and had childed Aaron, and Marie or Miriam, his sister.,
2which conceived, and childed a son. And she saw him well-faring, and hid him three months.
3And when she might not cover [him], then she took a basket of sedge, and balmed it with tar and pitch, and put the young child within, and put him forth in a place of spires of the brink of the flood,
4the while his sister stood afar, and beheld the befalling of the thing.
5Lo! forsooth the daughter of Pharaoh came down to be washed in the flood, and her damsels walked by the brink of the flood. And when she had seen a basket in the place of spires, she sent one of her servantesses,
6and she opened the basket brought to her, and she saw a little child weeping therein. And she had mercy on the child, and said, It is of the young children of Hebrews.
7To whom the child’s sister said, Wilt thou that I go, and call to thee an Hebrew woman, that may nourish the young child?
8She answered, Go thou. The damsel went, and called the child’s mother.
9To whom Pharaoh’s daughter spake, and said, Take thou this child, and nourish it to me; and I shall give to thee thy meed. The woman took, and nourished the child,
10and she betook him, waxen, to Pharaoh’s daughter, whom she purchased into the place of a son; and she called his name Moses#2:10 In Hebrew, ‘Moses’ sounds like the words for ‘pull out’., and said, For I took him from the water.
11In those days, after that Moses increased, he went out to his brethren, and saw the torment of them, and a man Egyptian smiting an Hebrew man, one of his brethren.
12And when he had beholden hither and thither, and had seen, that no man was present, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13And he went out in another day, and saw twain [or two] Hebrew men chiding, and he said to him that did [the] wrong, Why smitest thou thy brother?
14Which answered, Who ordained thee prince, or judge, [or prince and doomsman] [up] on us? Whether thou wilt slay me, as thou killedest yesterday the Egyptian? Moses dreaded, and said, How is this word made open?
15And Pharaoh heard this word, and sought to slay Moses, which fled from his face, and dwelled in the land of Midian; and he sat beside a well.
16Forsooth seven daughters were to the priest of Midian, that came to draw water; and when the troughs were filled, they coveted to water their father’s flocks.
17Shepherds came upon them, and drove them away; and Moses rose, and defended the damsels; and he watered their sheep.
18And when they had turned again to Jethro, their father, he said to them, Why came ye swifter than ye were wont?
19They answered, A man of Egypt delivered us from the hand of the shepherds; furthermore and he drew water with us, and gave drink to the sheep.
20And he said, Where is that man? why left ye the man? call ye him, that he eat bread.
21Therefore Moses swore, that he would dwell with Jethro, and he took a wife, Zipporah, Jethro’s daughter.
22And she childed a son to him, whom he called Gershom#2:22 In Hebrew, ‘Gershom’ sounds like the word for ‘foreigner’., and said, I was a comeling in an alien land. Forsooth she childed another son, whom he called Eliezer#2:22 In Hebrew, ‘Eliezer’ sounds like the words for ‘God helps me’., and said, For [the] God of my father is mine helper, and he delivered me from the hand of Pharaoh.
23Forsooth after much time the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel inwardly wailed for [the] works, and they cried [out], and the cry of them for their works went up to God.
24And he heard the wailing of them, and he had mind of the bond of peace, which he had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;
25and he beheld the sons of Israel, and knew them, that is, showed love to them.
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Exodus 2
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1Now a man from the house of Levi went and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2#Acts 7.20; Heb 11.23. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3And when she could hide him no longer she took for him a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with bitumen and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds at the river's brink. 4And his sister stood at a distance, to know what would be done to him. 5#Acts 7.21. Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked beside the river; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to fetch it. 6When she opened it she saw the child; and lo, the babe was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews' children.” 7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child's mother. 9And 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. 10And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son; and she named him Moses,#2.10 Heb Mosheh for she said, “Because I drew him out#2.10 Heb mashah of the water.”
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Acts 7.23; Heb 11.24. One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. 12#Acts 7.24. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together; and he said to the man that did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?” 14#Acts 7.27,28. He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” 15#Acts 7.29. When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses.
But Moses fled from Pharaoh, and stayed in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well. 16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18When they came to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?” 19They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20He said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.” 21And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daugher Zipporah. 22She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, “I have been a sojourner#2.22 Heb ger in a foreign land.”
23In the course of those many days the king of Egypt died. And the people of Israel groaned under their bondage, and cried out for help, and their cry under bondage came up to God. 24#Acts 7.34. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25And God saw the people of Israel, and God knew their condition.
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