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And there went[H3212] a man[H376] of the house[H1004] of Levi[H3878], and took[H3947] to wife a daughter[H1323] of Levi[H3878].
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And the woman[H802]conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]: and when she saw[H7200] him that he was a goodly[H2896] child, she hid[H6845] him three[H7969]months[H3391].
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And when she could[H3201] not longer[H5750]hide[H6845] him, she took[H3947] for him an ark[H8392] of bulrushes[H1573], and daubed[H2560] it with slime[H2564] and with pitch[H2203], and put[H7760] the child[H3206] therein; and she laid[H7760] it in the flags[H5488] by the river's brink[H8193].
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And his sister[H269]stood[H3320] afar off[H7350], to wit[H3045] what would be done[H6213] to him.
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And the daughter[H1323] of Pharaoh[H6547] came down[H3381] to wash[H7364] herself at the river[H2975]; and her maidens[H5291]walked[H1980] along by the river[H2975]'s side[H3027]; and when she saw[H7200] the ark[H8392]among[H8432] the flags[H5488], she sent[H7971] her maid[H519] to fetch[H3947] it.
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And when she had opened[H6605] it, she saw[H7200] the child[H3206]: and, behold, the babe[H5288]wept[H1058]. And she had compassion[H2550] on him, and said[H559], This is one of the Hebrews[H5680]' children[H3206].
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Then said[H559] his sister[H269] to Pharaoh's daughter[H1323], Shall I go[H3212] and call[H7121] to thee a nurse[H3243] of the Hebrew[H5680]women[H802], that she may nurse[H3243] the child[H3206] for thee?
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And Pharaoh's daughter[H1323]said[H559] to her, Go[H3212]. And the maid[H5959]went[H3212] and called[H7121] the child's mother[H517].
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And Pharaoh's daughter[H1323]said[H559] unto her, Take[H3212] this child[H3206]away[H3212], and nurse[H3243] it for me, and I will give[H5414] thee thy wages[H7939]. And the woman[H802]took[H3947] the child[H3206], and nursed[H5134] it.
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And the child[H3206]grew[H1431], and she brought[H935] him unto Pharaoh's daughter[H1323], and he became her son[H1121]. And she called[H7121] his name[H8034]Moses[H4872]: and she said[H559], Because I drew[H4871] him out of the water[H4325].
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And it came to pass in those days[H3117], when Moses[H4872] was grown[H1431], that he went out[H3318] unto his brethren[H251], and looked[H7200] on their burdens[H5450]: and he spied[H7200] an Egyptian[H4713]smiting[H5221] an Hebrew[H5680], one of his brethren[H251].
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And he looked[H6437] this way[H3541] and that way[H3541], and when he saw[H7200] that there was no man[H376], he slew[H5221] the Egyptian[H4713], and hid[H2934] him in the sand[H2344].
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And when he went out[H3318] the second[H8145]day[H3117], behold, two[H8147]men[H582] of the Hebrews[H5680]strove[H5327] together: and he said[H559] to him that did the wrong[H7563], Wherefore smitest[H5221] thou thy fellow?[H7453]
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And he said[H559], Who made[H7760]thee[H376] a prince[H8269] and a judge[H8199] over us? intendest[H559] thou to kill[H2026] me, as thou killedst[H2026] the Egyptian?[H4713] And Moses[H4872]feared[H3372], and said[H559], Surely[H403] this thing[H1697] is known[H3045].
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Now when Pharaoh[H6547]heard[H8085] this thing[H1697], he sought[H1245] to slay[H2026]Moses[H4872]. But Moses[H4872]fled[H1272] from the face[H6440] of Pharaoh[H6547], and dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776] of Midian[H4080]: and he sat down[H3427] by a well[H875].
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Now the priest[H3548] of Midian[H4080] had seven[H7651]daughters[H1323]: and they came[H935] and drew[H1802]water[H8248], and filled[H4390] the troughs[H7298] to water[H8248] their father's flock[H6629].
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And the shepherds[H7462]came[H935] and drove them away[H1644]: but Moses[H4872] stood up[H6965] and helped[H3467] them, and watered[H8248] their flock[H6629].
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And when they came[H935] to Reuel[H7467] their father[H1], he said[H559], How[H4069] is it that ye are come[H935] so soon[H4116] to day?[H3117]
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And they said[H559], An Egyptian[H4713]delivered[H5337] us out of the hand[H3027] of the shepherds[H7462], and also drew[H1802] water enough[H1802] for us, and watered[H8248] the flock[H6629].
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And he said[H559] unto his daughters[H1323], And where is he? why is it that ye have left[H5800] the man?[H376]call[H7121] him, that he may eat[H398]bread[H3899].
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And Moses[H4872] was content[H2974] to dwell[H3427] with the man[H376]: and he gave[H5414]Moses[H4872]Zipporah[H6855] his daughter[H1323].
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And she bare[H3205] him a son[H1121], and he called[H7121] his name[H8034]Gershom[H1647]: for he said[H559], I have been a stranger[H1616] in a strange[H5237]land[H776].
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And it came to pass in process[H1992]of[H4480]time[H3117], that the king[H4428]of[H4480]Egypt[H4714]died[H4191]: and the children[H1121]of[H4480]Israel[H3478]sighed[H584] by reason of[H4480] the bondage[H5656], and they cried[H2199], and their cry[H7775] came up[H5927] unto God[H430] by reason of[H4480] the bondage[H5656].
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And God[H430]heard[H8085] their groaning[H5009], and God[H430]remembered[H2142] his covenant[H1285] with Abraham[H85], with Isaac[H3327], and with Jacob[H3290].
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And God[H430]looked[H7200] upon the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and God[H430] had respect[H3045] unto them.