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| 1A man of the family of Levi married the daughter of a descendant of Levi. | 1A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. |
| 2Later, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a beautiful child, and hid him for three months. | 2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months. |
| 3But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. | 3But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile. |
| 4Then his sister positioned herself some distance away in order to find out what would happen to him. | 4His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him. |
| 5Then Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile River to bathe while her maids walked along the river bank. She saw the container among the reeds and sent a servant girl to get it. | 5Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds. She sent one of her attendants, took it, |
| 6When she opened it and saw the child, the little boy suddenly began crying. Filled with compassion for him, she exclaimed, "This is one of the Hebrew children!" | 6opened it, and saw the child--a boy, crying!--and she felt compassion for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children." |
| 7Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call one of the nursing Hebrew women so she can nurse the child for you?" | 7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get a nursing woman for you from the Hebrews, so that she may nurse the child for you?" |
| 8Pharaoh's daughter told her, "Go," so the young girl went and called the child's mother. | 8Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Yes, do so." So the young girl went and got the child's mother. |
| 9Pharaoh's daughter instructed her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I'll pay you a salary." So the woman took the child and nursed him. | 9Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him. |
| 10After the child had grown 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 brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "Because I drew him from the water." |
| 11Years later, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people, and took notice of their heavy burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating up a Hebrew, one of his own people. | 11In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people. |
| 12Looking around and seeing no one else, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. | 12He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand. |
| 13Going out the next day, Moses noticed two Hebrew men fighting right in front of him. He told the one who was at fault, "Why did you strike your companion?" | 13When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong, "Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?" |
| 14The man replied, "Who appointed you to be an official judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses became terrified and told himself, "Certainly this event has become known!" | 14The man replied, "Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, thinking, "Surely what I did has become known." |
| 15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh, settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well. | 15When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well. |
| 16Meanwhile, the seven daughters of a certain Midianite priest would come to draw water in order to fill water troughs for their father's sheep. | 16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock. |
| 17Some shepherds came to drive them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their sheep. | 17When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock. |
| 18When they returned to their father Reuel, he asked, "Why have you returned so quickly today?" | 18So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked, "Why have you come home so early today?" |
| 19"An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds," they replied, "and he even drew water for us and watered the sheep!" | 19They said, "An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!" |
| 20"Then where is he?" He asked his daughters. "Why did you leave the man behind? Go invite him to have something to eat." | 20He said to his daughters, "So where is he? Why in the world did you leave the man? Call him, so that he may eat a meal with us." |
| 21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. | 21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. |
| 22Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, because he used to say, "I became an alien in a foreign land." | 22When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land." |
| 23The king of Egypt eventually died, and the Israelis groaned because of the bondage. They cried out, and their cry for deliverance from slavery ascended to God. | 23During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God. |
| 24God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. | 24God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, |
| 25God watched the Israelis and took notice of them. | 25God saw the Israelites, and God understood. . . . |
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