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The
Birth of Moses |
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| Exodus 2:1 |
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Now a man from the house of Levi went and married
a daughter of Levi. |
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| Exodus 2:2 |
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The woman conceived and bore a son; and when
she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. |
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| Exodus 2:3 |
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But when she could hide him no longer, she got
him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child
into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. |
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| Exodus 2:4 |
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His sister stood at a distance to find out what
would happen to him. |
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| Exodus 2:5 |
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The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at
the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket
among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. |
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| Exodus 2:6 |
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When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold,
the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews'
children." |
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| Exodus 2:7 |
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Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter,
"Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse
the child for you?" |
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| Exodus 2:8 |
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Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead."
So the girl went and called the child's mother. |
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| Exodus 2:9 |
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Then 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. |
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| Exodus 2:10 |
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The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's
daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I
drew him out of the water." |
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| Exodus 2:11 |
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Now it came about in those days, when Moses
had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors;
and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. |
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| Exodus 2:12 |
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So he looked this way and that, and when he
saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
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| Exodus 2:13 |
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He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews
were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender, "Why are you striking
your companion?" |
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| Exodus 2:14 |
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But he said, "Who made you a prince or a judge
over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses
was afraid and said, "Surely the matter has become known." |
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Moses
Escapes to Midian |
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| Exodus 2:15 |
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When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried
to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the
land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. |
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| Exodus 2:16 |
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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters;
and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. |
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| Exodus 2:17 |
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Then the shepherds came and drove them away,
but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. |
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| Exodus 2:18 |
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When they came to Reuel their father, he said,
"Why have you come back so soon today?" |
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| Exodus 2:19 |
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So they said, "An Egyptian delivered us from
the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and
watered the flock." |
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| Exodus 2:20 |
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He said to his daughters, "Where is he then?
Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat."
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| Exodus 2:21 |
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Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and
he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. |
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| Exodus 2:22 |
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Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him
Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." |
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| Exodus 2:23 |
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Now it came about in the course of those many
days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the
bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose
up to God. |
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| Exodus 2:24 |
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So God heard their groaning; and God remembered
His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
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| Exodus 2:25 |
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God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice
of them. |
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