1 Now a man belonging to the clan of Levi married a woman of his own tribe.
2 She gave birth to a boy and, seeing that he was a beautiful child, she kept him hidden for three months.
3 As she could not conceal him any longer, she made a basket out of papyrus leaves and coated it with tar and pitch. She then laid the child in the basket and placed it among the reeds near the bank of the Nile;
4 but the sister of the child kept at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the Nile; her attendants meanwhile walked along the bank. When she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to fetch it.
6 She opened the basket and saw the child - a boy, and he was crying! She felt sorry for him, for she thought: "This is one of the Hebrew children."
7 Then the sister of the child said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?"
8 Pharaoh's daughter agreed, and the girl went to call the mother of the child.
9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take the child and nurse him for me and I will pay you." So the woman took the child and nursed him
10 and, when the child had grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter who adopted him as her son. And she named him Moses to recall that she had drawn him out of the water.
11 After a fairly long time, Moses, by now a grown man, wanted to meet his fellow Hebrews. He noticed how heavily they were burdened and he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his own people.
12 He looked around and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
13 When he went out the next day he saw two Hebrews quarreling. Moses said to the man in the wrong, "Why are you striking a fellow countryman?"
14 But he answered, "Who has set you prince and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid and thought, "What I did must be known."
15 When Pharaoh heard about it he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. There he sat down by a well.
16 A priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's sheep.
17 Some shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses went to their help and watered the sheep.
18 When the girls returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, "Why have you come back so early today?"
19 They said, "An Egyptian protected us from the shepherds, and even drew water for us and watered the sheep."
20 The man said, "Where is he? Why did you leave him there? Call him and offer him a meal."
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
22 She had a child and Moses named him Gershom, to recall that he had been a guest in a strange land.
23 It happened during that long period of time that the king of Egypt died. The sons of Israel groaned under their slavery; they cried to God for help and from their bondage their cry ascended to God.
24 God heard their sigh and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
25 God looked upon the sons of Israel and revealed himself to them.
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Exodus 2 reports the birth of Moses and his escape from Egypt, where he was eventually raised at the house of a priest in Midian. Moses would become the great leader of the Israelites and God's instrument to free them from Egyptian slavery. Following are five verses from different Bible books related to the topics addressed in Exodus 2:
Genesis 39:20: "As soon as Joseph came close to the house, she took him through the tunic and said, 'Let's go, lie down with me!' But he left the tunic in her hands, ran away and went out. " This verse illustrates the importance of Moses' escape from Egypt to escape the right death. Moses had to flee to Midian, just as Joseph fled the seduction of Potifar's wife.
Deuteronomy 32:10: "He found him in a deserted land, in a wilderness of wild howls, surrounded him from care, protected him as the girl from his eyes." This verse highlights how God took care of Moses and protected him in the foreign earth of Midian, just as God protected and took care of Israel during the desert journey.
Isaiah 43:1: "But now, thus saith the Lord, he who created him, O Jacob, he who formed him, O Israel: 'No theme, for I rescued him; I called him by name; you are mine.' "This verse shows how God freed Israel from Egyptian slavery and called them by name, just as God used Moses to liberate the Israelites and guide them to the covenant with God.
Hebrews 11:24-25: "By faith, Moses, when he became great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, preferring to be mistreated with God's people to enjoy the transient pleasures of sin." This verse highlights Moses' choice to renounce the comfort and privilege of Pharaoh's house to be with his enslaved people and suffer because of them, just as Jesus renounced his divine privileges to suffer and die for the sins of the world.
Exodus 3:10: "Now go, for I am sending him to Pharaoh to take my people out of Egypt, the Israelites." This verse begins the call of Moses for God to lead the liberation of the Israelites of Egyptian slavery, and is the starting point for the mission of Moses that began with his escape from Egypt and culminated with the delivery of the law and the covenant on the mount Sinai.
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