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1 And there went a man out of the house of Leui, and toke to wyfe a daughter of Leui. 2 And the wyfe conceaued and bare a sonne: and when she sawe that it was a proper childe, she hyd him three monethes. 3 And when she coulde no longer hyde hym, she toke a basket made of bull russhes, and dawbed it with slyme and pitche, and layed the chylde therein, and put it in the flagges by the riuers brinke 4 And his sister stoode a farre of, to wit what woulde come of it. 5 And the daughter of Pharao came downe to wasshe her selfe in the ryuer, and her maydens walked along by the ryuers syde: And when she sawe the basket among the flagges, she sent her mayde to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened it, she sawe it was a chylde: and beholde, the babe wept. And she had compassion on it, and sayde: it is one of the Hebrues chyldren. Exodus 2:1-6, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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