Exodus 2:11–25

¹¹And it came to pass in those days, ^hwhen Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their ⁱburdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. ¹²And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. ¹³And ^kwhen he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? ¹⁴And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. ¹⁵Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But ^lMoses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by ^ma well. ¹⁶Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: ⁿand they came and ^odrew water, and filled the ^ptroughs to water their father’s flock. ¹⁷And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and ^qwatered their flock. ¹⁸And when they came to ^rReuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon to day? ¹⁹And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. ²⁰And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may ^seat bread. ²¹And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses ^tZipporah his daughter. ²²And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

²³And it came to pass ^uin process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel ^xsighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and ^ytheir cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. ²⁴And God ^zheard their groaning, and God ^aremembered his covenant with ^bAbraham, with Isaac, and with ^bJacob. ²⁵And God ^clooked upon the children of Israel, and God ^dhad respect unto them.

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