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1Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman.

1Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,

2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

2and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

3But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

3But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

4Then his sister stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him.

4His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. Seeing the basket among the reeds, she sent her slave girl to get it.

5Then Pharaoh's daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.

6When she opened it, she saw the child--a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrew boys."

6She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said.

7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a woman from the Hebrews to nurse the boy for you?""

7Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?"

8Go," Pharaoh's daughter told her. So the girl went and called the boy's mother.

8"Yes, go," she answered. So the girl went and got the baby's mother.

9Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the boy and nursed him.

9Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took the baby and nursed him.

10When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."

10When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "I drew him out of the water."

11Years later, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.

11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

12Looking all around and seeing no one, he struck the Egyptian dead and hid him in the sand.

12Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

13The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you attacking your neighbor?""

13The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?"

14Who made you a leader and judge over us?" the man replied. "Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses became afraid and thought: What I did is certainly known.

14The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought, "What I did must have become known."

15When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.

15When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.

16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

17Then some shepherds arrived and drove them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their flock.

17Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.

18When they returned to their father Reuel he asked, "Why have you come back so quickly today?"

18When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?"

19They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.""

19They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock."

20So where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why then did you leave the man behind? Invite him to eat dinner."

20"And where is he?" Reuel asked his daughters. "Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat."

21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

21Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

22She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land."

22Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become a foreigner in a foreign land."

23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

23During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

24God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

25God saw the Israelites, and He took notice.

25So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

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