1A man from the Levi tribe married a woman from the same tribe,
2 stood off at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5About that time one of the king's daughters came down to take a bath in the river, while her servant women walked along the river bank. She saw the basket in the tall grass and sent one of them to pull it out of the water.
6When the king's daughter opened the basket, she saw the baby crying and felt sorry for him. She said, “This must be one of the Hebrew babies.”
7At once the baby's older sister came up and asked, “Do you want me to get a Hebrew woman to take care of the baby for you?”
8“Yes,” the king's daughter answered.
So the girl brought the baby's mother,
9and the king's daughter told her, “Take care of this child, and I will pay you.”
The baby's mother carried him home and took care of him.
10 because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”
Moses Escapes from Egypt11 heard what Moses had done, he wanted to kill him. But Moses escaped and went to the land of Midian.
One day, when Moses was sitting by a well,
16the seven daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian, came up to water their father's sheep and goats.
17Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals.
18When Jethro's daughters returned home, their father asked, “Why have you come back so early today?”
19They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds, and he even watered our sheep and goats.”
20“Where is he?” Jethro asked. “Why did you leave him out there? Invite him to eat with us.”
21Moses agreed to stay on with Jethro, who later let his daughter Zipporah marry Moses.
22And when she had a son, Moses said, “I will name him Gershom, since I am a foreigner in this country.”
23After the death of the king of Egypt, the Israelites still complained because they were forced to be slaves. They cried out for help,
24Gn 15.13-15. and God heard their loud cries. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
25and because he knew what was happening to his people, he felt sorry for them.
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