- Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi ,
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and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw - that he (was a) beautiful (child) , she hid him for three months.
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But when she could no longer hide him , she got a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child (the basket) and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
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And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen
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Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile , and her attendants were walking along the riverbank .... And when she saw - the basket among the reeds , she sent - her maidservant to retrieve it.
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When she opened it , she saw - the child , and behold , the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said , “ This is one of the Hebrew children. ”
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Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter , “ Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child -
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“ Go ahead , ” Pharaoh’s daughter told And the girl went and called - the boy’s mother.
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Pharaoh’s daughter said “ Take - this child and nurse him and I will pay - your wages. ” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
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When the child had grown older , she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter , and he became son. She named him ... Moses and explained ... , “ I drew him out of the water. ”
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- One day ... , after Moses had grown up , he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw ... an Egyptian beating ... a Hebrew , one of his own people.
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After looking this way (and) that and seeing ... no one , he struck down - the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
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The next day (Moses) went out and saw two ... Hebrews - fighting. He asked the one in the wrong , “ Why are you attacking your companion ? ”
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But the man replied , “ Who made you ruler and judge over us ? Are you planning to kill me as you killed - the Egyptian ? ” Then Moses was afraid and thought , “ This thing I have done has surely become known. ”
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When Pharaoh - - heard about this matter , he sought to kill - Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian , where he sat down beside a well.
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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters , and they came to draw water and fill - the troughs to water their father’s flock.
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And when some shepherds came along and drove them away , Moses rose up to help them and watered - their flock.
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When (the daughters) returned to their father Reuel , he asked them , “ Why have you returned so early today ? ”
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“ An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds , ” they replied. “... He even drew water ... and watered - the flock. ”
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“ So where is he ? ” (their father) asked ... .... “ Why ... did you leave the man behind ? - Invite to have something to eat .... ”
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Moses agreed to stay with the man , and he gave - his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
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And she gave birth to a son , and (Moses) named him ... ... Gershom , - saying , “ I have become a foreigner in a foreign land. ”
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- After a long ... time , the king of Egypt died. The Israelites ... groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery , and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
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So God - heard their groaning , and He - remembered His covenant with Abraham , ... Isaac , ... and Jacob.
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God - saw the Israelites ... and took notice.
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