Exodus 2:1–10

The Birth of Moses

¹Now a man from ^athe house of Levi went and ¹married a daughter of Levi.

²The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw ¹that he was ^2abeautiful, she hid him for three months.

³But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a ^1awicker ²basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the ^breeds by the bank of the Nile.

^4aHis sister stood at a distance to ¹find out what would ²happen to him.

⁵The daughter of Pharaoh came down ^ato bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the ¹basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.

⁶When she opened it, she ¹saw the child, and behold, the ²boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

⁷Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call ¹a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?”

⁸Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.

⁹Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.

¹⁰The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and ^ahe became her son. And she named him ¹Moses, and said, “Because I ²drew him out of the water.”