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Exodus 2:10-12
Contemporary English Version
Exodus 2:10-12
Contemporary English Version
10 (A) And when he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses[a] because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”
Moses Escapes from Egypt
11 (B)(C) After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were hard at work, and he saw an Egyptian beating one of them. 12 Moses looked around to see if anyone was watching, then he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
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- 2.10 Moses: In Hebrew “Moses” sounds like “pull out.”
Exodus 2:10-12
New International Version
Exodus 2:10-12
New International Version
10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named(A) him Moses,[a] saying, “I drew(B) him out of the water.”
Moses Flees to Midian
11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people(C) were and watched them at their hard labor.(D) He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. 12 Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
Footnotes
- Exodus 2:10 Moses sounds like the Hebrew for draw out.
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