Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
a man of the house of Levi married
a
daughter of Levi,
And
there
goeth
a man of the house of Levi ,
and
he
taketh
the
daughter of Levi,
and she
conceived
and gave
birth
to
a son .
When
she saw
that he was
a
beautiful
child
, she hid
him for
three months .
and the
woman
conceiveth,
and beareth
a son ,
and
she seeth
him
that he `is'
fair
, and
she hideth
him three months ,
But
when
she could
no
longer
hide him, she got
him a
papyrus
basket
and coated
it with tar
and pitch .
Then
she
placed
the child
in the
basket
and set
it among
the reeds
along
the bank
of the Nile.
and
she hath
not
been
able
any
more
to
hide him, and
she taketh
for
him an
ark
of
rushes,
and daubeth
it with bitumen
and with
pitch ,
and
putteth
the lad
in it,
and putteth
`
it '
in
the weeds
by
the edge
of the River;
And his sister stood
at
a
distance
to see
what would
happen
to him.
and his sister stationeth
herself
afar
off,
to know
what is
done
to him.
Soon
the
daughter of Pharaoh went
down to bathe in
the Nile
, and her attendants
were
walking along
the riverbank.
And when
she saw
the basket
among
the reeds
, she
sent
her maidservant
to
retrieve
it .
And
a
daughter of Pharaoh cometh
down to bathe at
the River
, and her damsels
are
walking by
the side
of
the
River,
and she seeth
the ark
in
the midst
of
the
weeds
, and
sendeth
her handmaid,
and
she
taketh
it ,
When
she
opened
it
, she
saw
the child
, and behold
, the
little
boy
was
crying.
So
she had
compassion
on him and said
, “
This is one of the Hebrew
children. ”
and
openeth
, and
seeth
him
--
the lad
, and lo
, a
child
weeping!
and
she hath
pity
on him ,
and saith
, `
This is `
one '
of the Hebrews'
children. '
Then
his sister said
to
Pharaoh’s
daughter, “Shall
I go and
call
one
of the Hebrew
women
to
nurse
the child
for you?”
And
his sister saith
unto
the
daughter of
Pharaoh
, `Do
I go ?
when
I
have
called
for
thee
a
suckling
woman
of the Hebrews,
then
she
doth
suckle
the lad
for thee;'
“Go
ahead,”
Pharaoh’s
daughter told
her .
And the girl
went
and called
the boy’s
mother .
and
the
daughter of
Pharaoh
saith
to
her ,
`Go;'
and the virgin
goeth,
and calleth
the mother of
the
lad,
Pharaoh’s
daughter said
to her, “
Take this child
and nurse
him for me, and I will
pay
your
wages.”
So
the woman took
the boy
and nursed
him.
and
the
daughter of
Pharaoh
saith
to her, `
Take this lad
away,
and suckle
him for me, and I --
I
give
thy
hire;'
and
the woman taketh
the lad,
and suckleth
him.
When
the child
had
grown
older
, she brought
him to Pharaoh’s
daughter, and he became
her son .
She named
him
Moses and explained
, “I
drew
him
out
of
the water. ”
And
the lad
groweth
, and
she bringeth
him in
to the
daughter of
Pharaoh
, and he is
to
her for
a
son ,
and
she calleth
his
name
Moses ,
and saith
, `Because
--
from
the water I
have
drawn
him
. '
One
day
, after
Moses had
grown up
, he went
out to
his own
people
and observed
their hard
labor.
He
saw
an Egyptian beating
a Hebrew, one of his own
people.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
, in
those
days,
that
Moses is
grown, and
he goeth
out unto
his brethren,
and looketh
on
their burdens,
and
seeth
a
man,
an Egyptian ,
smiting
a man,
a
Hebrew, `
one '
of his brethren,
After
looking
this
way
and that
and seeing
no one
, he
struck
down
the Egyptian and hid
his
body
in the sand.
and he
turneth
hither
and thither,
and
seeth
that
there
is
no man
, and
smiteth
the Egyptian ,
and hideth
him
in the sand.
The next
day Moses
went
out
and saw
two Hebrews fighting.
He asked
the
one
in
the wrong, “
Why are
you
attacking
your
companion
? ”
And
he
goeth
out
on
the second
day ,
and lo,
two men,
Hebrews ,
striving!
and
he saith
to
the wrong -doer
, `
Why dost
thou
smite
thy
neighbour
? '
But
the
man
replied
, “
Who made
you
ruler
and judge over us? Are
you
planning
to kill
me as you
killed
the Egyptian? ”
Then
Moses was
afraid
and thought
, “This
thing
I
have
done
has
surely become
known. ”
and
he
saith
, `
Who set
thee
for
a
head
and a
judge over us? to slay
me art
thou
saying
`it',
as thou
hast
slain
the Egyptian? '
and
Moses feareth,
and saith
, `
Surely the
thing
hath
been
known. '
When
Pharaoh heard
about
this matter
, he
sought
to kill
Moses .
But
Moses fled
from Pharaoh and settled
in the land of Midian, where
he
sat
down
beside
a
well.
And
Pharaoh heareth
of
this thing
, and
seeketh
to slay
Moses ,
and
Moses fleeth
from the
face
of
Pharaoh ,
and dwelleth
in the land of Midian, and
dwelleth
by
the
well.
Now
the
priest of Midian had
seven daughters, and they came
to
draw water
and fill the troughs to water their
father’s
flock .
And
to
a
priest of Midian `are'
seven daughters, and they come
and
draw ,
and fill the troughs ,
to water the
flock of
their
father,
And when
some
shepherds came
along
and drove
them away, Moses rose
up
to
help
them and watered
their flock.
and the
shepherds come
and drive
them away, and
Moses ariseth,
and
saveth
them ,
and watereth
their flock.
When
the
daughters
returned
to their father Reuel
, he asked
them
, “Why
have you
returned
so
early
today
? ”
And
they
come
in
to Reuel
their father, and
he saith
, `Wherefore
have ye
hastened
to
come
in
to-day
? '
“
An Egyptian rescued
us from
the shepherds, ”
they
replied.
“He
even
drew
water
for us and watered
the flock .”
and
they
say,
`A
man,
an Egyptian ,
hath
delivered
us out
of
the hand
of
the
shepherds, and
also
hath
diligently
drawn
for us ,
and watereth
the flock ;'
“So
where is he? ”
their
father
asked.
“
Why did
you
leave
the man behind?
Invite
him to
have
something
to
eat. ”
and
he
saith
unto
his
daughters,
`And
where `
is '
he? why `is'
this?
--
ye
left
the man !
call
for
him ,
and
he
doth
eat bread
. '
Moses agreed
to stay
with the man, and he gave
his daughter Zipporah
to Moses in
marriage.
And
Moses is
willing
to dwell
with the man, and he giveth
Zipporah
his daughter to Moses ,
And she gave
birth
to
a son, and Moses
named
him
Gershom, saying
, “
I have become
a
foreigner
in a foreign
land. ”
and she beareth
a son, and he
calleth
his
name
Gershom, for
he
said
, `A
sojourner
I have been
in a strange
land. '
After
a
long
time
, the king of Egypt died.
The
Israelites
groaned
and cried
out
under
their
burden
of slavery
, and their cry for
deliverance
from
bondage
ascended
to
God .
And
it
cometh
to
pass
during
these
many
days
, that
the king of Egypt dieth,
and the
sons
of Israel
sigh
because
of
the
service
, and cry,
and
their cry goeth
up
unto
God ,
because
of
the
service;
So
God heard
their groaning, and He
remembered
His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob .
and
God heareth
their groaning, and God
remembereth
His covenant with Abraham, with
Isaac, and with
Jacob ;
God saw
the Israelites
and took
notice
.
and
God seeth
the sons
of
Israel,
and God
knoweth
.
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