| Chapter 2
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And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a
daughter of Levi. |
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. |
3 | 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. |
4 |
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
8 |
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother. |
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 women took the child, and nursed it. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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.
Acts 7:27,28,35
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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. |
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. |
17 | And
the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock. |
18 | And
when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are
come so soon to day? |
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. |
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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| And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter. |
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. |
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. |
24 |
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with
Isaac, and with Jacob. |
25 |
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. |