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Exodus 2 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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The Birth of Moses

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - Now a man from the house of Levi went and [fn]married a daughter of Levi.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw [fn]that he was [fn]beautiful, she hid him for three months.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a [fn]wicker [fn]basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
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Exodus 2:3 Commentaries
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:4 - His sister stood at a distance to [fn]find out what would [fn]happen to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the [fn]basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - When she opened it, she [fn]saw the child, and behold, the [fn]boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call [fn]a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:10 - The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him [fn]Moses, and said, “Because I [fn]drew him out of the water.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:11 - Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their [fn]hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - So he [fn]looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:13 - He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were [fn]fighting with each other; and he said to the [fn]offender, “Why are you striking your companion?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - But he said, “Who made you a [fn]prince or a judge over us? Are you [fn]intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”

Moses Escapes to Midian

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and [fn]settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - When they came to Reuel their father, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:19 - So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:20 - He said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him [fn]to have something to eat.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:21 - Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him [fn]Gershom, for he said, “I have been a [fn]sojourner in a foreign land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 - Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:24 - So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:25 - God saw the sons of Israel, and God [fn]took notice of them.
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: took
Literally: him that
Literally: good
I.e. papyrus reeds
Or, chest
Literally: know
Literally: be done
Or, chest
Hebrew: saw it, the child
Or, lad
Literally: a woman giving suck
Hebrew: Mosheh, from mashah
Hebrew: mashah
Literally: burdens
Literally: turned
Or, quarreling
Or, the guilty one
Literally: man, a prince
Literally: saying in your heart
Literally: dwelt
Literally: that he may eat bread
Cf Heb ger sham, a stranger there
Hebrew: ger
Literally: knew them
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