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After this there went a man of the house of Levi ; and took a wife of his own kindred.
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And she conceived, and bore a son ; and seeing him a goodly child hid him three months.
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And when she could hide him no longer, she took a basket made of bulrushes , and daubed it with slime and pitch: and put the little babe therein, and laid him in the sedges by the river's brink,
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His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.
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And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river's brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges, she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought,
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She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it she said : This is one of the babes of the Hebrews .
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And the child's sister said to her Shall I go and call to thee a Hebrew woman , to nurse the babe ?
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She answered: Go . The maid went and called her mother .
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And Pharao's daughter said to her. Take this child and nurse him for me: I will give thee thy wages. The woman took, and nursed the child: and when he was grown up, she delivered him to Pharao's daughter.
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And she adopted him for a son , and called him Moses , saying: Because I took him out of the water .
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In those days after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren : and saw their affliction, and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews his brethren .
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And when he had looked about this way and that way , and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand .
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And going out the next day , he saw two Hebrews quarreling: and he said to him that did the wrong: Why strikest thou thy neighbour ?
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But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us : wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared , and said : How is this come to be known ?
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And Pharao heard of this word and sought to kill Moses : but he fled from his sight , and abode in the land of Madian , and he sat down by a well .
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And the priest of Madian had seven daughters , who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled , desired to water their father 's flocks .
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And the shepherds came and drove them away: and Moses arose, and defending the maids, watered their sheep .
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And when they returned to Raguel their father , he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual?
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They answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds : and he drew water also with us , and gave the sheep to drink.
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But he said : Where is he? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread .
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And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife :
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And she bore him a son , whom he called Gersam , saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country . And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.
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Now after a long time the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works.
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And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob .
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And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel , and he knew them.