Exodus 2

Revised Geneva Translation

2 Then, a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.

² And the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was fair, she hid him for three months.

³ But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark for him made of reed, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and laid the child therein, and put it among the bulrushes, by the river’s edge.

⁴ Now, his sister stood far off, to see what would become of him.

⁵ Then, the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself in the river; and her maidens walked by the river’s side. And when she saw the ark among the bulrushes, she sent her maid to fetch it.

⁶ Then she opened it and saw it was a child. And behold, the baby wept. So, she had compassion on it, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

⁷ Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

⁸ And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So, the maid went and called the child’s mother,

⁹ to whom Pharaoh’s daughter said, “Take this child away and nurse it for me; and I will reward you.” Then the woman took the child and nursed him.

¹⁰ Now the child grew. And she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter. And he was as her son. And she called his name, Moses. “Because” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

¹¹ And in those days, when Moses was grown, he went forth to his brothers and observed their burdens. He also saw an Egyptian striking one of his Hebrew brothers.

¹² And he looked around. And when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

¹³ Again, he came forth the next day. And behold, two Hebrews fought. And he said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your friend?”

¹⁴ And he answered, “Who made you a man of authority, and a judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses feared and said, “Certainly this thing is known.”

¹⁵ Now Pharaoh heard this matter and sought to kill Moses. Therefore, Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

¹⁶ And the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s sheep.

¹⁷ Then, the shepherds came and drove them away. But Moses rose up and defended them and watered their sheep.

¹⁸ And when they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “Why have you come so soon today?”

¹⁹ And they said, “A man of Egypt delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drew us enough water and watered the sheep.

²⁰ Then he said to his daughters, “And, where is he? Why have you left the man so? Call him, so that he may eat.”

²¹ And Moses agreed to dwell with the man, who gave his daughter, Zipporah, to Moses.

²² And she bore a son, whose name he called, Gershom. For he said, “I have been a stranger in a strange land.”

²³ Then, in process of time, the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed for the bondage and cried. And their cry for the bondage came up to God.

²⁴ Then God heard their moan; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

²⁵ So God looked upon the children of Israel. And God had respect to them.