1 | And there
went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. |
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. |
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. |
4 |
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
8 |
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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.
Acts 7:27,28,35
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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. |
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. |
17 | And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses
stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. |
18 | And when they came to Reuel their father, he
said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? |
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. |
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. |
21
| And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter. |
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. |
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 God by reason of the bondage. |
24 | And God heard their groaning, and
God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. |
25 | And God looked upon the
children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. |