Esodo 2:1-8

1 Or un uomo della casa di Levi andò e prese per moglie una figliuola di Levi.

2 Questa donna concepì, e partorì un figliuolo; e vedendo com’egli era bello, lo tenne nascosto tre mesi.

3 E quando non poté più tenerlo nascosto, prese un canestro fatto di giunchi, lo spalmò di bitume e di pece, vi pose dentro il bambino, e lo mise nel canneto sulla riva del fiume.

4 E la sorella del bambino se ne stava a una certa distanza, per sapere quel che gli succederebbe.

5 Or la figliuola di Faraone scese a fare le sue abluzioni sulla riva del fiume; e le sue donzelle passeggiavano lungo il fiume. Ella vide il canestro nel canneto, e mandò la sua cameriera a prenderlo.

6 L’aprì, e vide il bimbo; ed ecco, il piccino piangeva; ed ella n’ebbe compassione, e disse: "Questo è uno de’ figliuoli degli Ebrei".

7 Allora la sorella del bambino disse alla figliuola di Faraone: "Devo andare a chiamarti una balia tra le donne ebree che t’allatti questo bimbo?"

8 La figliuola di Faraone le rispose: "Va’". E la fanciulla andò a chiamare la madre del bambino.

Esodo 2:1-8 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