And there went{H3212} a man{H376} of the house{H1004} of Levi,{H3878} and took{H3947} to wife a daughter{H1323} of Levi.{H3878}

And the woman{H802} conceived,{H2029} and bare{H3205} a son:{H1121} and when she saw{H7200} him that he was a goodly{H2896} child, she hid{H6845} him three{H7969} months.{H3391}

And when she could{H3201} not longer{H5750} hide{H6845} him, she took{H3947} for him an ark{H8392} of bulrushes,{H1573} and daubed{H2560} it with slime{H2564} and with pitch;{H2203} and she put{H7760} the child{H3206} therein, and laid{H7760} it in the flags{H5488} by the river's{H2975} brink.{H8193}

And his sister{H269} stood{H3320} afar off,{H7350} to know{H3045} what would be done{H6213} to him.

And the daughter{H1323} of Pharaoh{H6547} came down{H3381} to bathe{H7364} at the river;{H2975} and her maidens{H5291} walked{H1980} along by the{H2975} river-side;{H3027} and she saw{H7200} the ark{H8392} among{H8432} the flags,{H5488} and sent{H7971} her handmaid{H519} to fetch{H3947} it.

And she opened{H6605} it, and saw{H7200} the child:{H3206} and, behold, the babe{H5288} wept.{H1058} And she had compassion{H2550} on him, and said,{H559} This is one of the Hebrews'{H5680} children.{H3206}

Then said{H559} his sister{H269} to Pharaoh's{H6547} daughter,{H1323} Shall I go{H3212} and call{H7121} thee a nurse{H3243} of the Hebrew{H5680} women,{H802} that she may nurse{H3243} the child{H3206} for thee?

And Pharaoh's{H6547} daughter{H1323} said{H559} to her, Go.{H3212} And the maiden{H5959} went{H3212} and called{H7121} the child's{H3206} mother.{H517}

And Pharaoh's{H6547} daughter{H1323} said{H559} unto her, Take{H3212} this child{H3206} away,{H3212} and nurse{H3243} it for me, and I will give{H5414} thee thy wages.{H7939} And the woman{H802} took{H3947} the child,{H3206} and nursed{H5134} it.

And the child{H3206} grew,{H1431} and she brought{H935} him unto Pharaoh's{H6547} daughter,{H1323} and he became her son.{H1121} And she called{H7121} his name{H8034} Moses,{H4872} and said,{H559} Because I drew{H4871} him out of the water.{H4325}

And it came to pass in those days,{H3117} when Moses{H4872} was grown{H1431} up, that he went out{H3318} unto his brethren,{H251} and looked{H7200} on their burdens:{H5450} and he saw{H7200} an Egyptian{H4713} smiting{H5221} a Hebrew,{H5680} one of his brethren.{H251}

And he looked{H6437} this way{H3541} and that way,{H3541} and when he saw{H7200} that there was no man,{H376} he smote{H5221} the Egyptian,{H4713} and hid{H2934} him in the sand.{H2344}

And he went out{H3318} the second{H8145} day,{H3117} and, behold, two{H8147} men{H582} of the Hebrews{H5680} were striving{H5327} together: and he said{H559} to him that did the wrong,{H7563} Wherefore smitest{H5221} thou thy fellow?{H7453}

And he said,{H559} Who made{H7760} thee{H376} a prince{H8269} and a judge{H8199} over us? Thinkest{H559} thou to kill{H2026} me, as thou killedst{H2026} the Egyptian?{H4713} And Moses{H4872} feared,{H3372} and said,{H559} Surely{H403} the thing{H1697} is known.{H3045}

Now when Pharaoh{H6547} heard{H8085} this thing,{H1697} he sought{H1245} to slay{H2026} Moses.{H4872} But Moses{H4872} fled{H1272} from the face{H6440} of Pharaoh,{H6547} and dwelt{H3427} in the land{H776} of Midian:{H4080} and he sat down{H3427} by a well.{H875}

Now the priest{H3548} of Midian{H4080} had seven{H7651} daughters:{H1323} and they came{H935} and drew{H1802} water, and filled{H4390} the troughs{H7298} to water{H8248} their father's{H1} flock.{H6629}

And the shepherds{H7462} came{H935} and drove them away;{H1644} but Moses{H4872} stood up{H6965} and helped{H3467} them, and watered{H8248} their flock.{H6629}

And when they came{H935} to Reuel{H7467} their father,{H1} he said,{H559} How{H4069} is it that ye are come{H935} so soon{H4116} to-day?{H3117}

And they said,{H559} An Egyptian{H4713} delivered{H5337} us out of the hand{H3027} of the shepherds,{H7462} and moreover he drew{H1802} water{H1802} for us, and watered{H8248} the flock.{H6629}

And he said{H559} unto his daughters,{H1323} And where is he? Why is it that ye have left{H5800} the man?{H376} Call{H7121} him, that he may eat{H398} bread.{H3899}

And Moses{H4872} was content{H2974} to dwell{H3427} with the man:{H376} and he gave{H5414} Moses{H4872} Zipporah{H6855} his daughter.{H1323}

And she bare{H3205} a son,{H1121} and he called{H7121} his name{H8034} Gershom;{H1647} for he said,{H559} I have been a sojourner{H1616} in a foreign{H5237} land.{H776}

And it came to pass in the course{H1992} of those many days,{H3117} that the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} died:{H4191} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} sighed{H584} by reason of{H4480} the bondage,{H5656} and they cried,{H2199} and their cry{H7775} came up{H5927} unto God{H430} by reason of the bondage.{H5656}

And God{H430} heard{H8085} their groaning,{H5009} and God{H430} remembered{H2142} his covenant{H1285} with Abraham,{H85} with Isaac,{H3327} and with Jacob.{H3290}

And God{H430} saw{H7200} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and God{H430} took knowledge{H3045} of them.