21 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi . 2 The woman conceived and bore a son ; and when she saw that he was beautiful , she hid him for three months . 3 But when she could hide him no longer , she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch . Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile . 4 His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.
5 The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile , with her maidens walking alongside e the Nile ; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid , and she brought it to her. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child , and behold , the boy was crying . And she had pity on him and said , "This is one of the Hebrews' children ." 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter , "Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?" 8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother . 9 Then 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. 10 The child grew , and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son . And she named e him Moses , and said , "Because I drew him out of the water ."
11 Now it came about in those days , when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors ; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew , one of his brethren . 12 So he looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand . 13 He went out the next day , and behold , two Hebrews were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender , "Why are you striking your companion ?" 14 But he said , " Who made you a prince or a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian ?" Then Moses was afraid and said , "Surely the matter has become known ." 15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter , he tried to kill Moses . But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian , and he sat down by a well .
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters ; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock . 17 Then the shepherds came and drove them away , but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock . 18 When they came to Reuel their father , he said , "Why have you come back so soon today ?" 19 So they said , "An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds , and what is more , he even drew the water for us and watered the flock ." 20 He said to his daughters , "Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind ? Invite him to have something to eat ." 21 Moses was willing to dwell with the man , and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses . 22 Then she gave birth to a son , and he named e him Gershom , for he said , "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land ."
23 Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died . And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage , and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God . 24 So God heard their groaning ; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob . 25 God saw the sons of Israel , and God took notice of them.
