2:1 And there was a certain man of the tribe
of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi.
2:2 And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was
fair, they hid him three months.
2:3 And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took for him an ark,
and besmeared it with bitumen, and cast the child into it, and put it in the
ooze by the river.
2:4 And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen
to him.
2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to bathe; and her
maids walked by the river's side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she
sent her maid, and took it up.
2:6 And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the
daughter of Pharaoh had compassion on it, and said, This [is one] of the
Hebrew's children.
2:7 And his sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, Wilt thou that I call to
thee a nurse of the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for thee?
2:8 And the daughter of Pharaoh said, Go: and the young woman went, and
called the mother of the child.
2:9 And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, Take care of this child, and
suckled it for me, and I will give thee the wages; and the woman took the
child, and suckled it.
2:10 And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh,
and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him
out of the water.
2:11 And it came to pass in that length of time, that Moses having grown,
went out to his brethren the sons of Israel: and having noticed their
distress, he sees an Egyptian smiting a certain Hebrew of his brethren the
children of Israel.
2:12 And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he
smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
2:13 And having gone out the second day he sees two Hebrew men fighting; and
he says to the injurer, Wherefore smitest thou thy neighbour?
2:14 And he said, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? wilt thou slay
me as thou yesterday slewest the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said,
If [it be] thus, this matter has become known.
2:15 And Pharaoh heard this matter, and sought to slay Moses; and Moses
departed from the presence of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Madiam; and
having come into the land of Madiam, he sat on the well.
2:16 And the priest of Madiam had seven daughters, feeding the flock of
their father Jothor; and they came and drew water until they filled their
pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jothor.
2:17 And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up
and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.
2:18 And hey came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have ye
come so quickly to-day?
2:19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew
water for us and watered our sheep.
2:20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? and why have ye left the
man? call him therefore, that he may eat bread.
2:21 And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his
daughter to Moses to wife.
2:22 And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name
Gersam, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.
2:23 And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and
the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their
cry because of their tasks went up to Elohim.
2:24 And Elohim heard their groanings, and Elohim remembered his covenant made
with Abraam and Isaac and Jacob.
2:25 And Elohim looked upon the children of Israel, and was made known to them. |
2:1 And there went a man of the house of
Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
2:3 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.
2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
2:5 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.
2:6 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.
2:7 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?
2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother.
2:9 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.
2:10 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.
2:11 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.
2:12 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.
2:13 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?
2:14 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.
2:15 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.
2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock.
2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye
are come so soon to day?
2:19 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.
2:20 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.
2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah
his daughter.
2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I
have been a stranger in a strange land.
2:23 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 Elohim by reason of the bondage.
2:24 And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
2:25 And Elohim looked upon the children of Israel, and Elohim had respect unto
them. |