1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.
3And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child in it; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4And his sister stood afar off, to see what would be done to him.
5And 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.
6And when she had opened it, she saw the child: the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews' children”.
7Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, “Shall I go and call to you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Go.” And the girl went and called the child's mother.
9And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will pay you your wages.” And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
10And the child grew, and she brought him to 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.”
11And one days when Moses was grown, he went out to his brothers, and watched them at rigorous labor; and he observed an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one was looking, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13And when he went out the next day, two of the Hebrews were fighting together; and he said to the one that did the wrong, “Why did you strike your fellow?”
14And he said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?” And Moses feared, and thought, “Surely this thing is known”.
15Now when Pharaoh heard of this, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17And the shepherds would come and drive them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18And when they came to Reuel, their father, he asked, “How is it that you are back so soon today?”
19And they said, “An Egyptian rescued us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drew enough water for us, and watered the flock”.
20And he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat with us.”
21And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
22And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom (A stranger there); for he said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land.”
23And in process of time, the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God because of their bondage.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God saw their plight and had respect unto them. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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