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And there went a man◦ from the house of Levi, and took a daughter of Levi.
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And the woman conceived, and gave··birth to a son; and she saw him, that he was good, and she kept· him ·secret three months◦.
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And she was· not ·able to keep· him ·secret any··more; and she took for him an ark◦ of bulrush, and tarred it with tar and with pitch; and she set the child in it, and set it in the seaweed on the lip of the river◦.
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And his sister stood··forth afar··off, to know what would be done to him.
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And the daughter of Pharaoh came··down to bathe by the Nile; and her damsels were walking by the side* of the Nile; and she saw the ark◦ in the midst of the seaweed, and sent her maidservant, and she took it.
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And she opened it, and saw him, the child; and behold the lad was weeping. And she had··pity on him, and said, This is from the children of the Hebrews.
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And his sister said to▵ the daughter of Pharaoh, Shall I go and call for thee a woman, one nursing, from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
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And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, Go. And the maiden went, and called the mother of the child.
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And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, Take* this child to thee, and nurse him for me, and I◦ will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed him.
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And the child grew··up, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he was to her as a son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the waters.
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And it was, in those days, and Moses grew··up, and he went··out to▵ his brothers, and saw their burdens◦; and he saw an Egyptian◦ man◦ smiting a Hebrew man◦, one of his brothers.
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And he turned· his ·face hither▫ and thither▫, and saw that there was no man◦, and he smote the Egyptian◦, and concealed him in the sand.
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And he went··out the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men◦ quarreling; and he said to the wicked one, Why smitest thou thy companion?
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And he said, Who set thee for a man◦, a prince, and a judge over us? Sayest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian◦? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the word is··known.
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And Pharaoh heard this word, and he sought to kill Moses. And Moses ran··away from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he dwelt by◦ a well.
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And the priest of Midian had◦ seven daughters, and they came, and drew··up, and filled the troughs*, to water◦ the flock of their father.
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And the shepherds came, and drove· them ·away; and Moses arose, and saved them; and he watered their flock.
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And they came to▵ Reuel their father, and he said, Wherefore hastened you to come today?
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And they said, An Egyptian◦ man◦ rescued us out of the hand of the shepherds; and also drawing he drew for us, and gave drink to the flock.
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And he said to▵ his daughters, And where is he? Why is this that you have left◦ the man◦? Call him, that he may eat bread.
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And Moses was··content to dwell with the man◦; and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
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And she gave··birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom*; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
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And it was in these◦ many days that the king of Egypt died; and the sons of Israel sighed from the servitude, and they cried, and their outcry went··up to God from the servitude.
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And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with◦ Abraham, with◦ Isaac, and with◦ Jacob.
