Exodus 2 — OURB

2Verse 1A man of the house of Levi [United with] went and took a daughter of Levi [United with] as his wife.^{Verse 2}The woman conceived, and bore a son, upon seeing what a fine child he was, she hid him three months.^{+Verse 3}When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.^{Verse 4}His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.^{Verse 5}Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.^{Verse 6}She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ [Immigrants’] children.”^{Verse 7}Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”^{Verse 8}Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The maiden went and called the child’s mother.^{Verse 9}Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.^{Verse 10}The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses [Drawn out], and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” (3)^{Verse 11}In those days, when Moses [Drawn out] had grown up,⁺he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery] striking a Hebrew [Immigrant], one of his brothers.^{Verse 12}He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], and hid him in the sand.^{Verse 13}He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews [Immigrants] were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”^{Verse 14}He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us?⁺Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery]?”⁺Moses [Drawn out] was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”^{Verse 15}Now when Pharaoh sh'ma ·heard obeyed· this thing, he sought to kill Moses [Drawn out]. But Moses [Drawn out] fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian [Strife], and he sat down by a well.^{Verse 16}Now the priest of Midian [Strife] had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.^{Verse 17}The shepherds came and divorced them away; but Moses [Drawn out] stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.^{Verse 18}When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”^{Verse 19}They said, “An Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery] delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”^{Verse 20}He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”^{Verse 21}Moses [Drawn out] was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses [Drawn out] Zipporah, his daughter.^{Verse 22}She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”^{Verse 23}In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] died, and the children of Israel [God prevails] sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.^{Verse 24}God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· their groaning, and God remembered his covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· with Abraham [Father of a multitude], with Isaac [Laughter], and with Jacob [Supplanter].^{Verse 25}God saw the children of Israel [God prevails], and God was concerned about them.