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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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.
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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.
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