ASV_Strong : Exodus 2
1. And there went[H3212] a man[H376] of the house[H1004] of Levi[H3878], and took[H3947] to wife a daughter[H1323] of Levi[H3878].
2. And the woman[H802] conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]: and when she saw[H7200] him that he was a goodly[H2896] child[H6845], she hid him three[H7969] months[H3391].
3. And when she could[H3201] not longer[H5750] hide[H6845] him[H3947], she took for him an ark[H8392] of bulrushes[H1573], and daubed[H2560] it with slime[H2564] and with pitch[H2203]; and she put[H7760] the child[H3206] therein[H7760], and laid it in the flags[H5488] by the river[H2975]'s brink[H8193].
4. And his sister[H269] stood[H3320] afar off[H7350], to know[H3045] what would be done to him[H6213].
5. And the daughter[H1323] of Pharaoh[H6547] came down[H3381] to bathe[H7364] at the river[H2975]; and her maidens[H5291] walked[H1980] along by the[H2975] river-side[H3027]; and she saw[H7200] the ark[H8392] among[H8432] the flags[H5488], and sent[H7971] her handmaid[H519] to fetch it[H3947].
6. And she opened[H6605] it[H7200], and saw the child[H3206]: and[H5288], behold, the babe wept[H1058]. And she had compassion[H2550] on him[H559], and said, This is one of the Hebrews[H5680]' children[H3206].
7. Then said[H559] his sister[H269] to Pharaoh[H6547]'s daughter[H1323], Shall I go[H3212] and call[H7121] thee a nurse[H3243] of the Hebrew[H5680] women[H802], that she may nurse[H3243] the child for thee[H3206]?
8. And Pharaoh[H6547]'s daughter[H1323] said[H559] to her[H3212], Go. And the maiden[H5959] went[H3212] and called[H7121] the child[H3206]'s mother[H517].
9. And Pharaoh[H6547]'s daughter[H1323] said[H559] unto her[H3212], Take this child[H3206] away[H3212], and nurse[H3243] it for me[H5414], and I will give thee thy wages[H7939]. And the woman[H802] took[H3947] the child[H3206], and nursed it[H5134].
10. And the child[H3206] grew[H1431], and she brought[H935] him unto Pharaoh[H6547]'s daughter[H1323], and he became her son[H1121]. And she called[H7121] his name[H8034] Moses[H4872], and said[H559], Because I drew[H4871] him out of the water[H4325].
11. And it came to pass in those days[H3117], when Moses[H4872] was grown[H1431] up[H3318], that he went out unto his brethren[H251], and looked[H7200] on their burdens[H5450]: and he saw[H7200] an Egyptian[H4713] smiting[H5221] a Hebrew[H5680], one of his brethren[H251].
12. And he looked[H6437] this way[H3541] and that way[H3541], and when he saw[H7200] that there was no man[H376], he smote[H5221] the Egyptian[H4713], and hid[H2934] him in the sand[H2344].
13. And he went out[H3318] the second[H8145] day[H3117], and[H8147], behold, two men[H582] of the Hebrews[H5680] were striving[H5327] together[H559]: and he said to him that did the wrong[H7563], Wherefore smitest[H5221] thou thy fellow[H7453]?
14. And he said[H559], Who made[H7760] thee[H376] a prince[H8269] and a judge[H8199] over us[H559]? Thinkest thou to kill[H2026] me[H2026], as thou killedst the Egyptian[H4713]? And Moses[H4872] feared[H3372], and said[H559], Surely[H403] the thing[H1697] is known[H3045].
15. Now when Pharaoh[H6547] heard[H8085] this thing[H1697], he sought[H1245] to slay[H2026] Moses[H4872]. But Moses[H4872] fled[H1272] from the face[H6440] of Pharaoh[H6547], and dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776] of Midian[H4080]: and he sat down[H3427] by a well[H875].
16. Now the priest[H3548] of Midian[H4080] had seven[H7651] daughters[H1323]: and they came[H935] and drew[H1802] water[H4390], and filled the troughs[H7298] to water[H8248] their father[H1]'s flock[H6629].
17. And the shepherds[H7462] came[H935] and drove them away[H1644]; but Moses[H4872] stood up[H6965] and helped[H3467] them[H8248], and watered their flock[H6629].
18. And when they came[H935] to Reuel[H7467] their father[H1], he said[H559], How[H4069] is it that ye are come[H935] so soon[H4116] to-day[H3117]?
19. And they said[H559], An Egyptian[H4713] delivered[H5337] us out of the hand[H3027] of the shepherds[H7462], and moreover he drew[H1802] water[H1802] for us[H8248], and watered the flock[H6629].
20. And he said[H559] unto his daughters[H1323], And where is he[H5800]? Why is it that ye have left the man[H376]? Call[H7121] him[H398], that he may eat bread[H3899].
21. And Moses[H4872] was content[H2974] to dwell[H3427] with the man[H376]: and he gave[H5414] Moses[H4872] Zipporah[H6855] his daughter[H1323].
22. And she bare[H3205] a son[H1121], and he called[H7121] his name[H8034] Gershom[H1647]; for he said[H559], I have been a sojourner[H1616] in a foreign[H5237] land[H776].
23. And it came to pass in the course[H1992] of those many days[H3117], that the king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] died[H4191]: and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] sighed[H584] by reason of[H4480] the bondage[H5656], and they cried[H2199], and their cry[H7775] came up[H5927] unto God[H430] by reason of the bondage[H5656].
24. And God[H430] heard[H8085] their groaning[H5009], and God[H430] remembered[H2142] his covenant[H1285] with Abraham[H85], with Isaac[H3327], and with Jacob[H3290].
25. And God[H430] saw[H7200] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and God[H430] took knowledge of them[H3045].
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