| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, | 1Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. |
| 2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months. | 2The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. |
| 3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. | 3But 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. |
| 4And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. | 4His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him. |
| 5Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it. | 5The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. |
| 6When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.” | 6When 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." |
| 7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” | 7Then 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“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother. | 8Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother. |
| 9Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him. | 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. |
| 10When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.” | 10The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water." |
| 11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. | 11Now 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. |
| 12After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. | 12So 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. |
| 13The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?” | 13He 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?" |
| 14But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.” | 14But 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." |
| 15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well. | 15When 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. |
| 16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. | 16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. |
| 17And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock. | 17Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. |
| 18When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?” | 18When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?" |
| 19“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.” | 19So 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“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.” | 20He 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." |
| 21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. | 21Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. |
| 22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.” | 22Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." |
| 23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. | 23Now 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. |
| 24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. | 24So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
| 25God saw the Israelites and took notice. | 25God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice of them. |
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