Exodus 2:15-3:9
New American Standard Bible
Moses Escapes to Midian
15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But (A)Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and [a]settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down (B)by a well.
16 Now (C)the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and (D)they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but (E)Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. 18 When they came to their father (F)Reuel, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?” 19 They said, “An Egyptian saved us from [b]the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 So he said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him [c]to have something to eat.” 21 And (G)Moses was willing to live with the man. And he gave his daughter (H)Zipporah to Moses. 22 Then she gave birth to (I)a son, and he named him [d]Gershom, for he said, “I have been (J)a stranger in a foreign land.”
23 Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel (K)groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and (L)their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God. 24 So (M)God heard their groaning; and God remembered (N)His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 And (O)God saw the sons of Israel, and God [e]took notice of them.
The Burning Bush
3 Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law (P)Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the [f]west side of the wilderness and came to (Q)Horeb, the (R)mountain of God. 2 Then (S)the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of [g]a (T)bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed. 3 So Moses said, “(U)I must turn aside and see this [h]marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!” 4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, (V)God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then He said, “Do not come near here; (W)remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And He said, “(X)I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (Y)Then Moses hid his face, for he was (Z)afraid to look at God.
7 And the Lord said, “I have certainly (AA)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. 8 So I have come down (AB)to rescue them from the [i]power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a (AC)good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (AD)the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9 And now, behold, (AE)the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Footnotes
- Exodus 2:15 Lit dwelt
- Exodus 2:19 Lit the hand of the
- Exodus 2:20 Lit that he may eat bread
- Exodus 2:22 Cf. Heb ger sham, a stranger there
- Exodus 2:25 Lit knew them
- Exodus 3:1 Or rear part
- Exodus 3:2 Lit the
- Exodus 3:3 Lit great
- Exodus 3:8 Lit hand
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