Exodus 2
1 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a woman of Levi.
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy boy, she hid him for three months.
And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds in the water along the side of the river.
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
5 Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river while her attendants walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her attendant to get it.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
6 When she opened it, she saw the child. Behold, the baby was crying. She had compassion on him and said, “This is certainly one of the Hebrews' children.”
And she opened it, and saw it, even the child; and behold a boy that wept. And she had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'
7 Then the baby's sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, “Should I go and find you a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?”
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter: 'Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?'
8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Go.” So the young girl went and got the child's mother.
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
9 Pharaoh's daughter said to the baby's mother, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her: 'Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.' And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and said, “Because I drew him from the water.”
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said: 'Because I drew him out of the water.'
11 When Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard work. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his own people.
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one there, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 He went out the next day, and, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting. He said to the one who was in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your companion?”
And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: 'Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?'
14 But the man said, “Who made you a leader and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses became afraid and said, “What I did has certainly become known to others.”
And he said: 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian?' And Moses feared, and said: 'Surely the thing is known.'
15 Now when Pharaoh heard about it, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. There he sat down by a well.
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came, drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17 The shepherds came and tried to drive them away, but Moses went and helped them. Then he watered their flock.
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18 When the girls went to Reuel their father, he said, “Why are you home so early today?”
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said: 'How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?'
19 They said, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
And they said: 'An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.'
20 He said to his daughters, “So where is he? Why did you leave the man? Call him so he can eat a meal with us.”
And he said unto his daughters: 'And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.'
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who also gave him his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 She bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom; he said, “I have been a resident in a foreign land.”
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land.'
23 A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.
And it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24 When God heard their groaning, God called to mind his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 God saw the Israelites, and he understood their situation.
And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.
