Chūāijíjì 2:1-10

1 Yǒu yī gè Lìwèi jiā de rén qǔ le yī gè Lìwèi nǚzi wéi qì .

2 Nà nǚrén huáiyùn , shēng yī gè érzi , jiàn tā jùnmĕi , jiù cáng le tā sān gè yuè ,

3 Hòulái bùnéng zaì cáng , jiù qǔ le yī gè púcǎo xiāng , mā shàng shí qī hé shí yóu , jiāng háizi fàng zaì lǐtou , bǎ xiāngzi gē zaì hé bian de lú dí zhōng .

4 Háizi de zǐ zǐ yuǎn yuǎn zhàn zhe , yào zhīdào tā jiūjìng zĕnmeyàng .

5 Fǎlǎo de nǚér lái dào hé bian xǐzǎo , tāde shǐnǚ men zaì hé bian xíng zǒu . tā kànjian xiāngzi zaì lú dí zhōng , jiù dǎfa yī gè bìnǚ ná lái .

6 Tā dǎkāi xiāngzi , kànjian nà háizi . háizi kū le , tā jiù kĕliàn tā , shuō , zhè shì Xībólái rén de yī gè háizi .

7 Háizi de zǐ zǐ duì fǎlǎo de nǚér shuō , wǒ qù zaì Xībólái fùrén zhōng jiào yī gè nǎi mā lái , wèi nǐ nǎi zhè háizi , kĕyǐ bùkĕ yǐ .

8 Fǎlǎo de nǚér shuō , kĕyǐ . tóngnǚ jiù qù jiào le háizi de mǔqin lái .

9 Fǎlǎo de nǚér duì tā shuō , nǐ bǎ zhè háizi bào qù , wèi wǒ nǎi tā , wǒ bì gĕi nǐ gōngjià . fùrén jiù bào le háizi qù nǎi tā .

10 Háizi jiàn zhǎng , fùrén bǎ tā daì dào fǎlǎo de nǚér nàli , jiù zuò le tāde érzi . tā gĕi háizi qǐmíng jiào Móxī , yìsi shuō , yīn wǒ bǎ tā cóng shuǐ lǐ lā chūlai .

Chūāijíjì 2:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 2

This chapter relates the birth of Moses, and his preservation in an ark of bulrushes, Ex 2:1-3. His being found by Pharaoh's daughter, took up, and put out to nurse by her, and adopted for her son, Ex 2:4-10, some exploits of his when grown up, taking the part of an Hebrew against an Egyptian whom he slew, and endeavouring to reconcile two Hebrews at variance, when one of them reproached him with slaying the Egyptian, Ex 2:11-14, which thing being known to Pharaoh, he sought to slay Moses, and this obliged him to flee to Midian, Ex 2:15 where he met with the daughters of Reuel, and defended them against the shepherds, and watered their flocks for them, Ex 2:16,17, which Reuel being informed of, sent for him, and he lived with him, and married his daughter Zipporah, by whom he had a son, Ex 2:18-22 and the chapter is concluded with the death of the king of Egypt, and the sore bondage of the Israelites, and their cries and groans, which God had a respect unto, Ex 2:23-25.

was Amram, the son of Kohath, and grandson of Levi, as appears from Ex 6:18,20

\\and took to wife a daughter of Levi\\; one of the same house, family, or tribe; which was proper, that the tribes might be kept distinct: this was Jochebed, said to be his father's sister, \\see Gill on "Ex 6:20"\\: her name in Josephus {s} is Joachebel, which seems to be no other than a corruption of Jochebed, but in the Targum in 1Ch 4:18 she is called Jehuditha.

{s} Antiqu. l. 2. c. 9. sect. 4. 09514-950103-1343-Ex2.2