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The Birth of Moses
1Now a man from the house of Levi went and [a]married a daughter of Levi.
2And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw [b]that he was [c]beautiful, she hid him for three months.
3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus [d]basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
4And his sister stood at a distance to [e]find out what would [f]happen to him.
5Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her female attendants walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the [g]basket among the reeds and sent her slave woman, and she brought it to her.
6When she opened it, she [h]saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a woman for you who is nursing from the Hebrew women, so that she may nurse the child for you?”
8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.
9Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
10And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him [i]Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
11Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his [j]fellow Hebrews and looked at their [k]hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his [l]fellow Hebrews.
12So he [m]looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid [n]his body in the sand.
13Now he went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were [o]fighting with each other; and he said to the [p]offender, “Why are you striking your companion?”
14But he said, “Who made you a [q]ruler and a judge over us? Do you [r]intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known!”
Moses Escapes to Midian
15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and [s]settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.
18When they came to their father Reuel, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?”
19They said, “An Egyptian saved us from [t]the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew