The Birth and Adoption of Moses
(Acts 7:20–22; Hebrews 11:23)

1And a man from the house of Levi went, and he took a daughter of Levi. 2And the woman conceived and bore a son, and she saw him, that he was good, and she hid him for three months.

3And she was not able to hid him anymore, and she took for him an ark† of papyrus and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and she put the child in it and she placed it in the reeds along the edge of the River. 4And his sister stationed herself from a distance, to know what would be done to him.

5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the River, and her maidens were walking along the hand of the River. And she saw the ark in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her maidservant and she took it. 6And she opened it, and she saw the child, and behold, a boy weeping. And she had compassion on him, and she said, “This is one of the children of the Hebrews.”

7And his sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Shall I go and call for you a nursing woman from the Hebrewesses, that she may nurse for you the child?”

8And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Go.” And the girl went and called the mother of the child.

9And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Take away this child and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wage.” And the woman took the child and nursed him.

10And the child grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became to her as a son. And she called his name Moses† and she said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

The Rejection and Flight of Moses
(Acts 7:23–29)

11And it came to pass in those days, and Moses had grown, and he went out to his brothers† and he saw in their burdens, and he saw a man, an Egyptian, striking a man, a Hebrew, from his brothers. 12And he turned this way and that way, and he saw that there was no man, and he struck the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

13And he went out on the second day, and behold, two men, Hebrews, were fighting. And he said to the wicked one, “Why do you strike your companion?”

14And he said, “Who appointed you as a man—a ruler and a judge—over us?† Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?†”

And Moses feared and said, “Surely the matter is known.”

15And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and he sought to kill Moses. And Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and he dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by the well.

16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water and they filled the troughs to water the flock of their father. 17And the shepherds came and drove them away, and Moses arose and saved them, and he watered their flock.

18And they came to Reuel their father,† and he said, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19And they said, “A man, an Egyptian, delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also he has surely drawn water for us, and he watered the flock.”

20And he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why is this, that you⁺ have left the man? Call to him, and let him eat bread.”

21And Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom,† for he said, “I have become a sojourner in a foreign land.”

God Hears the Cry of the Israelites

23And it came to pass after those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out, and their cry went up to God because of the bondage.

24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25And God saw the sons of Israel, and God knew.