1: And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a
daughter of Levi. |
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2: And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months. |
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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 put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
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4: And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
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5: And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river;
and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
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6: And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews'
children. |
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7: Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to
thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? |
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8: And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called
the child's mother. |
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9: 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. |
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10: And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and
he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
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11: And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went
out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian
smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. |
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12: And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was
no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. |
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13: And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews
strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
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14: And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known. |
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15: 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.
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16: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. |
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17: And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock. |
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18: And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye
are come so soon to day? |
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19: And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. |
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20: 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. |
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21: And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter. |
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22: And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said,
I have been a stranger in a strange land. |
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23: And it came to pass in process of time, 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.
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24: And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. |
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25: And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto
them. |