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Chapter 2
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And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to
wife a daughter of Levi. |
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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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And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done
to him. |
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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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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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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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And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid
went and called the child's mother. |
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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. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses
stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. |
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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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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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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. |
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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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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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And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his
covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. |
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And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had
respect unto them. |
