¹ And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.

² And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.

³ And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid [it] in the sedge on the bank of the river.

⁴ And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him.

⁵ And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched it.

⁶ And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.

⁷ And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a wet-nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

⁸ And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel went and called the child's mother.

⁹ And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.

¹⁰ And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

¹¹ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

¹² And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

¹³ And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour?

¹⁴ And he said, Who made thee ruler and judge over us? dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared, and said, Surely the matter is known.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well.

¹⁶ And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

¹⁷ And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.

¹⁸ And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?

¹⁹ And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] abundantly for us, and watered the flock.

²⁰ And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread.

²¹ And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

²² And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

²³ And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;

²⁴ and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;

²⁵ and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].

¹ Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.

² Sing unto him, Sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works.

³ Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

⁴ Seek Jehovah and his strength, Seek his face continually;

⁵ Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:

⁶ Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷ He, Jehovah, is our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He is ever mindful of his covenant, -- the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, --

⁹ Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

¹⁰ And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹¹ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

¹² When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.

¹³ And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

¹⁴ He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,

¹⁵ [Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.

¹⁶ And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

¹⁷ He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.

¹⁸ They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;

¹⁹ Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.

²⁰ The king sent and loosed him -- the ruler of peoples -- and let him go free.

²¹ He made him lord of his house, and ruler over all his possessions:

²² To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.

²³ And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴ And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.

²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen:

²⁷ They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.

²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.

³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, -- in the chambers of their kings.

³¹ He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.

³² He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land;

³³ And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.

³⁴ He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;

³⁵ And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

³⁶ And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.

³⁷ And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.

³⁸ Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.

³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.

⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

⁴¹ He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.

⁴² For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant;

⁴³ And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing;

⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

⁴⁵ That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!