The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Second Book of Moses, Called ExodusExodus 2
The Birth of Moses | |
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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. Acts 7.20 · Heb. 11.23 |
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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 woman 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. Acts 7.21 And she called his name Moses: 1 and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. |
Moses Flees from Egypt | |
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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: Heb. 11.24 and he spied an Egyptian smiting a 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? Acts 7.23-28 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 Mid’i-an: Acts 7.29 · Heb. 11.27 and he sat down by a well. |
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Now the priest of Mid’i-an 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 Reu’el their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today? |
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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 Zippo’rah his daughter. |
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And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: 2 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 Gen. 15.13, 14 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. |
Note 1. Drawn out. [ back ] Note 2. A stranger there. [ back ]
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