Chapter 2 of The book of Exodus
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And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a
daughter of Levi.
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And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him
that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
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And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an
ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and
put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the
river's brink.
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And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to
him.
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And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the
river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and
when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to
fetch it.
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And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold,
the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This
is one of the Hebrews' children.
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Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and
call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse
the child for thee?
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And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and
called the child's mother.
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And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away,
and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the
women took the child, and nursed it.
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And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's
daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name
Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
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And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that
he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens:
and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his
brethren.
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And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that
there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the
sand.
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And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the
Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the
wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
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And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?
intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
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Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.
But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land
of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came
and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's
flock.
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And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up
and helped them, and watered their flock.
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And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it
that ye are come so soon to day?
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And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the
flock.
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And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it
that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
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And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter.
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And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he
said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
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And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt
died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the
bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by
reason of the bondage.
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And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had
respect unto them.
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