⁵ The daughter of Pharaoh came down ^(A)to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the ^[a]basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. ⁶ When she opened it, she ^[b]saw the child, and behold, the ^[c]boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” ⁷ Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call ^[d]a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?” ⁸ Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. ⁹ Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. ¹⁰ The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and ^(B)he became her son. And she named him ^[e]Moses, and said, “Because I ^[f]drew him out of the water.”

¹¹ Now it came about in those days, ^(C)when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their ^[g](D)hard labors; and ^(E)he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. ¹² So he ^[h]looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he ^(F)struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. ¹³ He went out ^(G)the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were ^[i]fighting with each other; and he said to the ^[j]offender, “Why are you striking your companion?” ¹⁴ But he said, “^(H)Who made you a ^[k]prince or a judge over us? Are you ^[l]intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”

Moses Escapes to Midian

¹⁵ When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But ^(I)Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and ^[m]settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down ^(J)by a well.

¹⁶ Now ^(K)the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and ^(L)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 ^(M)Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. ¹⁸ When they came to ^(N)Reuel their father, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?” ¹⁹ So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock.” ²⁰ He said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him ^[n]to have something to eat.” ^21 (O)Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter ^(P)Zipporah to Moses. ²² Then she gave birth to ^(Q)a son, and he named him ^[o]Gershom, for he said, “I have been ^(R)a ^[p]sojourner 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 ^(S)sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and ^(T)their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God. ²⁴ So ^(U)God heard their groaning; and God remembered ^(V)His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ^25 (W)God saw the sons of Israel, and God ^[q]took notice of them.

¹⁰ The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and ^(A)he became her son. And she named him ^[a]Moses, and said, “Because I ^[b]drew him out of the water.”