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The Second Book of Moses: Called Exodus, Chapter 2
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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.
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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 women 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. And she called his name Moses: and she said,
Because I drew him out of the water.
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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.
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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? 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 Midian:
and he sat down by a well.
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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.
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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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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
Zipporah his daughter.
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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.
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And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
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.
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