Éxodo 2:1-10

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1 UN var贸n de la familia de Lev铆 fu茅, y tom贸 por mujer una hija de Lev铆:
2 La cual concibi贸, y pari贸 un hijo: y vi茅ndolo que era hermoso, t煤vole escondido tres meses.
3 Pero no pudiendo ocultarle m谩s tiempo, tom贸 una arquilla de juncos, y calafate贸la con pez y bet煤n, y coloc贸 en ella al ni帽o, y p煤solo en un carrizal 谩 la orilla del r铆o:
4 Y par贸se una hermana suya 谩 lo lejos, para ver lo que le acontecer铆a.
5 Y la hija de Fara贸n descendi贸 谩 lavarse al r铆o, y pase谩ndose sus doncellas por la ribera del r铆o, vi贸 ella la arquilla en el carrizal, y envi贸 una criada suya 谩 que la tomase.
6 Y como la abri贸, vi贸 al ni帽o; y he aqu铆 que el ni帽o lloraba. Y teniendo compasi贸n de 茅l, dijo: De los ni帽os de los Hebreos es 茅ste.
7 Entonces su hermana dijo 谩 la hija de Fara贸n: 驴Ir茅 谩 llamarte un ama de las Hebreas, para que te cr铆e este ni帽o?
8 Y la hija de Fara贸n respondi贸: Ve. Entonces fu茅 la doncella, y llam贸 谩 la madre del ni帽o;
9 A la cual dijo la hija de Fara贸n: Lleva este ni帽o, y cr铆amelo, y yo te lo pagar茅. Y la mujer tom贸 al ni帽o, y cri贸lo.
10 Y como creci贸 el ni帽o, ella lo trajo 谩 la hija de Fara贸n, la cual lo prohij贸, y p煤sole por nombre Mois茅s, diciendo: Porque de las aguas lo saqu茅.

Éxodo 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

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