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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
(2:5)
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
(2:6)
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?
(2:7)
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother
(2:8)
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
(2:9)
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.
(2:10)
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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.
(2:11)
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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.
(2:12)
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?
(2:13)
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
(2:14)
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.
(2:15)
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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
(2:17)
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day?
(2:18)
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
(2:19)
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
(2:20)
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter
(2:21)
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
(2:23)
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob
(2:24)
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them]
(2:25)
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