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1. There was a man from the family of Levi who decided to marry a woman from the tribe of Levi.
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1. And there went H1980 a man H376 of the house H4480 H1004 of Levi H3878 , and took H3947 to wife a H853 daughter H1323 of Levi H3878 .
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2. She became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. The mother saw how beautiful the baby was and hid him for three months.
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2. And the woman H802 conceived H2029 , and bore H3205 a son H1121 : and when she saw H7200 him that H3588 he H1931 was a goodly H2896 child , she hid H6845 him three H7969 months H3391 .
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3. She hid him for as long as she could. After three months she made a basket and covered it with tar so that it would float. Then she put the baby in the basket and put the basket in the river in the tall grass.
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3. And when she could H3201 not H3808 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 H853 the child H3206 therein ; and she laid H7760 it in the flags H5488 by H5921 the river H2975 's brink H8193 .
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4. The baby's sister stayed and watched to see what would happen to the baby.
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4. And his sister H269 stood H3320 afar off H4480 H7350 , to know H3045 what H4100 would be done H6213 to him.
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5. Just then, Pharaoh's daughter went to the river to bathe. She saw the basket in the tall grass. Her servants were walking beside the river, so she told one of them to go get the basket.
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5. And the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came down H3381 to wash H7364 herself at H5921 the river H2975 ; and her maidens H5291 walked along H1980 by H5921 the river H2975 's side H3027 ; and when she saw H7200 H853 the ark H8392 among H8432 the flags H5488 , she sent H7971 H853 her maid H519 to fetch H3947 it.
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6. The king's daughter opened the basket and saw a baby boy. The baby was crying and she felt sorry for it. Then she noticed that it was one of the Hebrew babies.
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6. And when she had opened H6605 it , she saw H7200 H853 the child H3206 : and, behold H2009 , the babe H5288 wept H1058 . And she had compassion H2550 on H5921 him , and said H559 , This H2088 is one of the Hebrews' children H4480 H3206 H5680 .
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7. The baby's sister was still hiding. She stood and asked the king's daughter, "Do you want me to go find a Hebrew woman who can nurse the baby and help you care for it?"
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7. Then said H559 his sister H269 to H413 Pharaoh H6547 's daughter H1323 , Shall I go H1980 and call H7121 to thee a nurse H802 H3243 of H4480 the Hebrew women H5680 , that she may nurse H3243 H853 the child H3206 for thee?
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8. The king's daughter said, "Yes, please." So the girl went and brought the baby's own mother.
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8. And Pharaoh H6547 's daughter H1323 said H559 to her, Go H1980 . And the maid H5959 went H1980 and called H7121 the child H3206 's H853 mother H517 .
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9. The king's daughter said to the mother, "Take this baby and feed him for me. I'll pay you to take care of him." So the woman took her baby and cared for him.
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9. And Pharaoh H6547 's daughter H1323 said H559 unto her , Take this child away H1980 H853 H2088 H3206 , and nurse H3243 it for me , and I H589 will give H5414 thee H853 thy wages H7939 . And the woman H802 took H3947 the child H3206 , and nursed H5134 it.
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10. The baby grew, and after some time, the woman gave the baby to the king's daughter. The king's daughter accepted the baby as her own son. She named him Moses because she had pulled him from the water.
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10. And the child H3206 grew H1431 , and she brought H935 him unto Pharaoh H6547 's daughter H1323 , and he became H1961 her son H1121 . And she called H7121 his name H8034 Moses H4872 : and she said H559 , Because H3588 I drew H4871 him out of H4480 the water H4325 .
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11. Moses grew and became a man. He saw that his own people, the Hebrews, were forced to work very hard. One day he saw an Egyptian man beating a Hebrew man.
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11. And it came to pass H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 , when Moses H4872 was grown H1431 , that he went out H3318 unto H413 his brethren H251 , and looked H7200 on their burdens H5450 : and he spied H7200 an Egyptian H376 H4713 smiting H5221 a Hebrew H376 H5680 , one of his brethren H4480 H251 .
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12. Moses looked around and saw that no one was watching, so he killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand.
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12. And he looked H6437 this way H3541 and that way H3541 , and when he saw H7200 that H3588 there was no H369 man H376 , he slew H5221 H853 the Egyptian H4713 , and hid H2934 him in the sand H2344 .
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13. The next day Moses saw two Hebrew men fighting each other. He saw that one man was wrong and said to him, "Why are you hurting your neighbor?"
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13. And when he went out H3318 the second H8145 day H3117 , behold H2009 , two H8147 men H376 of the Hebrews H5680 strove together H5327 : and he said H559 to him that did the wrong H7563 , Wherefore H4100 smitest H5221 thou thy fellow H7453 ?
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14. The man answered, "Did anyone say you could be our ruler and judge? Tell me, will you kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?" Then Moses was afraid. He thought to himself, "Now everyone knows what I did."
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14. And he said H559 , Who H4310 made H7760 thee a prince H8269 and a judge H8199 over H5921 us? intendest H559 thou H859 to kill H2026 me, as H834 thou killedst H2026 H853 the Egyptian H4713 ? And Moses H4872 feared H3372 , and said H559 , Surely H403 this thing H1697 is known H3045 .
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15. Pharaoh heard about what Moses did, so he decided to kill him. But Moses ran away from Pharaoh and went to the land of Midian. Moses stopped near a well in Midian.
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15. Now when Pharaoh H6547 heard H8085 this H2088 H853 thing H1697 , he sought H1245 to slay H2026 H853 Moses H4872 . But Moses H4872 fled H1272 from the face H4480 H6440 of Pharaoh H6547 , and dwelt H3427 in the land H776 of Midian H4080 : and he sat down H3427 by H5921 a well H875 .
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16. There was a priest there who had seven daughters. These girls came to that well to get water for their father's sheep. They were trying to fill the water trough with water.
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16. Now the priest H3548 of Midian H4080 had seven H7651 daughters H1323 : and they came H935 and drew H1802 water , and filled H4390 H853 the troughs H7298 to water H8248 their father H1 's flock H6629 .
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17. But there were some shepherds there who chased the girls away and would not let them get water. So Moses helped the girls and gave water to their animals.
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17. And the shepherds H7462 came H935 and drove them away H1644 : but Moses H4872 stood up H6965 and helped H3467 them , and watered H8248 H853 their flock H6629 .
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18. Then they went back to their father, Reuel. He asked them, "Why have you come home early today?"
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18. And when they came H935 to H413 Reuel H7467 their father H1 , he said H559 , How H4069 is it that ye are come H935 so soon H4116 today H3117 ?
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19. The girls answered, "The shepherds chased us away, but an Egyptian rescued us. He got water for us and gave it to our animals."
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19. And they said H559 , An Egyptian H376 H4713 delivered H5337 us out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the shepherds H7462 , and also H1571 drew water enough H1802 H1802 for us , and watered H8248 H853 the flock H6629 .
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20. So Reuel said to his daughters, "Where is this man? Why did you leave him? Go invite him to eat with us."
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20. And he said H559 unto H413 his daughters H1323 , And where H346 is he? why H4100 is it H2088 that ye have left H5800 H853 the man H376 ? call H7121 him , that he may eat H398 bread H3899 .
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21. Moses was happy to stay with that man. Reuel let Moses marry his daughter, Zipporah.
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21. And Moses H4872 was content H2974 to dwell H3427 with H854 the man H376 : and he gave H5414 Moses H4872 H853 Zipporah H6855 his daughter H1323 .
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22. Zipporah became pregnant and had a son. Moses named him Gershom because Moses was a stranger in a land that was not his own.
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22. And she bore H3205 him a son H1121 , and he called H7121 H853 his name H8034 Gershom H1648 : for H3588 he said H559 , I have been H1961 a stranger H1616 in a strange H5237 land H776 .
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23. A long time passed and that king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still forced to work very hard. They cried for help, and God heard them.
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23. And it came to pass H1961 in process of time H3117 H7227 H1992 , that the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 died H4191 : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 sighed H584 by reason of H4480 the bondage H5656 , and they cried H2199 , and their cry H7775 came up H5927 unto H413 God H430 by reason of H4480 the bondage H5656 .
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24. God heard their painful cries and remembered the agreement he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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24. And God H430 heard H8085 H853 their groaning H5009 , and God H430 remembered H2142 H853 his covenant H1285 with H854 Abraham H85 , with H854 Isaac H3327 , and with H854 Jacob H3290 .
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25. God saw the troubles of the Israelites, and he knew that he would soon help them.
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25. And God H430 looked upon H7200 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and God H430 had respect H3045 unto them .
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