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1 After this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred.
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Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman.
2 And she conceived, and bore a son: and seeing him a goodly child, hid him three months.
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The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months.
3 And when she could hide him no longer, she took a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and pitch: and put the little babe therein, and laid him in the sedges by the river’s brink,
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When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river.
4 His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.
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His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.
5 And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river’s brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought,
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The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it.
6 She opened it, and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it, she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.
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When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him. "This must be one of the Hebrews' children," she said.
7 And the child’s sister said to her: Shall I go, and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse the babe?
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Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?"
8 She answered: Go. The maid went and called her mother.
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Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Yes." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharao’s daughter said to her: Take this child, and nurse him for me: I will give thee thy wages. The woman took and nursed the child: and when he was grown up, she delivered him to Pharao’s daughter.
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Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed it.
10 And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.
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When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses, "because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."
11 In those days, after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren: and saw their affliction, and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews, his brethren.
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One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk.
12 And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
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He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
13 And going out the next day, he saw two Hebrews quarrelling: and he said to him that did the wrong: Why strikest thou thy neighbour?
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When he went out the next day, he saw two Hebrews fighting; and he said to the one who was in the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow Hebrew?"
14 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?
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He answered, "Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought, "Surely the thing is known."
15 And Pharao heard of this word, and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well.
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When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh. He settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.
16 And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father’s flocks.
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The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: and Moses arose, and defending the maids, watered their sheep.
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But some shepherds came and drove them away. Moses got up and came to their defense and watered their flock.
18 And when they returned to Raguel their father, he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual?
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When they returned to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come back so soon today?"
19 They answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds: and he drew water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink.
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They said, "An Egyptian helped us against the shepherds; he even drew water for us and watered the flock."
20 But he said: Where is he? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread.
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He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why did you leave the man? Invite him to break bread."
21 And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:
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Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
22 And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.
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She bore a son, and he named him Gershom; for he said, "I have been an alien residing in a foreign land."
23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works.
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After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help rose up to God.
24 And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel, and he knew them.
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God looked upon the Israelites, and God took notice of them.
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