Exodus 2:1-10

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Baby Moses

2 Now a man from the ·family [^Lhouse] of Levi ·married a woman who was also from the family [^Ltook a daughter] of Levi. ² She ·became pregnant [conceived] and gave birth to a son. When she saw how ·wonderful the baby [good/handsome/healthy he] was, she hid him for three months. ³ But after three months she was not able to hide the baby any longer, so she got a ·basket [ark] made of ·reeds [papyrus] and covered it with ·tar so that it would float [bitumen and pitch]. She put the baby in the basket. Then she put the basket among the ·tall stalks of grass [^Lreeds] at the edge of the ·Nile River [^Lriver]. ⁴ The baby’s sister stood ·a short distance away [afar off] to see what would happen to him.

⁵ Then the daughter of ·the king of Egypt [^LPharaoh] came to the river to ·take a bath [wash], and her servant girls were walking beside the river. When she saw the ·basket [ark] in the ·tall grass [reeds] she sent her slave girl to get it. ⁶ She opened the basket and saw the baby boy. He was crying, so she ·felt sorry [had pity] for him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew babies.”

⁷ Then the baby’s sister asked ·the king’s [^LPharaoh’s] daughter, “Would you like me to go and find a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby for you?”

⁸ ·The king’s [^LPharaoh’s] daughter said, “Go!” So the girl went and got the baby’s own mother [^CMoses not only survived but was raised by his own mother].

⁹ ·The king’s [^LPharaoh’s] daughter said to the woman, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took her baby and nursed him. ¹⁰ When the child ·grew older [^Lwas weaned], the woman took him to the ·king’s [^LPharaoh’s] daughter, and she adopted the baby as her own son. The king’s daughter named him Moses [^Csounds like the Hebrew word for “draw/pull up”], because she had ·pulled [drawn] him out of the water.