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World English Bible

Exodus 2 (WEBP)

[1] A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
[2] The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
[3] When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
[4] His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
[5] Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.
[6] She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
[7] Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should 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.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
[9] Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” 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. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
[11] In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
[12] He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
[13] He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”
[14] He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”
[15] Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
[16] Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
[17] 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, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”
[19] They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”
[20] He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
[21] Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
[22] She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
[23] In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
[24] God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
[25] God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

Exodus 2:10 “Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”.
Exodus 2:22 “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 2 (KJVS)

[1] And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
[2] And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
[3] And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
[4] And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
[5] And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
[6] And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
[7] Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
[8] And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
[9] And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
[10] And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
[11] And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
[12] And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
[13] And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
[14] And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
[15] Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
[16] Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
[17] And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
[18] And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
[19] And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
[20] And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
[21] And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
[22] And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
[23] And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
[24] And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
[25] And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

Exodus 2:10 That is, Drawn out
Exodus 2:14 Heb. A man a Prince
Exodus 2:16 Or, Prince
Exodus 2:25 Heb. knew

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Exodus 2 (BYZ)

[1] Ἦν () δέ () τις () ἐκ () τῆς () φυλῆς () Λευι, () ὃς () ἔλαβεν () τῶν () θυγατέρων () Λευι () καὶ () ἔσχεν () αὐτήν. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἔλαβεν () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () ἄρσεν· () ἰδόντες () δὲ () αὐτὸ () ἀστεῖον () ἐσκέπασαν αὐτὸ () μῆνας () τρεῖς. ()
[3] Ἐπεὶ () δὲ () οὐκ () ἠδύναντο () αὐτὸ () ἔτι () κρύπτειν, () ἔλαβεν () αὐτῷ () ἡ () μήτηρ () αὐτοῦ () θῖβιν καὶ () κατέχρισεν αὐτὴν () ἀσφαλτοπίσσῃ καὶ () ἐνέβαλεν () τὸ () παιδίον () εἰς () αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἔθηκεν () αὐτὴν () εἰς () τὸ () ἕλος παρὰ () τὸν () ποταμόν. ()
[4] Καὶ () κατεσκόπευεν ἡ () ἀδελφὴ () αὐτοῦ () μακρόθεν () μαθεῖν, () τί () τὸ () ἀποβησόμενον () αὐτῷ. ()
[5] Κατέβη () δὲ () ἡ () θυγάτηρ () Φαραω () λούσασθαι () ἐπὶ () τὸν () ποταμόν, () καὶ () αἱ () ἅβραι αὐτῆς () παρεπορεύοντο () παρὰ () τὸν () ποταμόν· () καὶ () ἰδοῦσα () τὴν () θῖβιν ἐν () τῷ () ἕλει ἀποστείλασα () τὴν () ἅβραν ἀνείλατο () αὐτήν. ()
[6] Ἀνοίξασα () δὲ () ὁρᾷ () παιδίον () κλαῖον () ἐν () τῇ () θίβει, καὶ () ἐφείσατο () αὐτοῦ () ἡ () θυγάτηρ () Φαραω () καὶ () ἔφη () Ἀπὸ () τῶν () παιδίων () τῶν () Εβραίων () τοῦτο. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () ἀδελφὴ () αὐτοῦ () τῇ () θυγατρὶ () Φαραω () Θέλεις () καλέσω () σοι () γυναῖκα () τροφεύουσαν ἐκ () τῶν () Εβραίων () καὶ () θηλάσει () σοι () τὸ () παιδίον; ()
[8] Ἡ () δὲ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () ἡ () θυγάτηρ () Φαραω () Πορεύου. () Ἐλθοῦσα () δὲ () ἡ () νεᾶνις ἐκάλεσεν () τὴν () μητέρα () τοῦ () παιδίου. ()
[9] Εἶπεν () δὲ () πρὸς () αὐτὴν () ἡ () θυγάτηρ () Φαραω () Διατήρησόν () μοι () τὸ () παιδίον () τοῦτο () καὶ () θήλασόν () μοι () αὐτό, () ἐγὼ () δὲ () δώσω () σοι () τὸν () μισθόν. () Ἔλαβεν () δὲ () ἡ () γυνὴ () τὸ () παιδίον () καὶ () ἐθήλαζεν () αὐτό. ()
[10] Ἁδρυνθέντος δὲ () τοῦ () παιδίου () εἰσήγαγεν () αὐτὸ () πρὸς () τὴν () θυγατέρα () Φαραω, () καὶ () ἐγενήθη () αὐτῇ () εἰς () υἱόν· () ἐπωνόμασεν () δὲ () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Μωυσῆν () λέγουσα () Ἐκ () τοῦ () ὕδατος () αὐτὸν () ἀνειλόμην. ()
[11] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ταῖς () πολλαῖς () ἐκείναις () μέγας () γενόμενος () Μωϋσῆς () ἐξῆλθεν () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἀδελφοὺς () αὐτοῦ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ. () Κατανοήσας () δὲ () τὸν () πόνον () αὐτῶν () ὁρᾷ () ἄνθρωπον () Αἰγύπτιον () τύπτοντά () τινα () Εβραῖον () τῶν () ἑαυτοῦ () ἀδελφῶν () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ· ()
[12] περιβλεψάμενος () δὲ () ὧδε () καὶ () ὧδε () οὐχ () ὁρᾷ () οὐδένα () καὶ () πατάξας () τὸν () Αἰγύπτιον () ἔκρυψεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῇ () ἄμμῳ. ()
[13] Ἐξελθὼν () δὲ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () δευτέρᾳ () ὁρᾷ () δύο () ἄνδρας () Εβραίους () διαπληκτιζομένους καὶ () λέγει () τῷ () ἀδικοῦντι () Διὰ () τί () σὺ () τύπτεις () τὸν () πλησίον; ()
[14] Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν () Τίς () σε () κατέστησεν () ἄρχοντα () καὶ () δικαστὴν () ἐφ’ () ἡμῶν; () Μὴ () ἀνελεῖν () με () σὺ () θέλεις, () ὃν () τρόπον () ἀνεῖλες () ἐχθὲς () τὸν () Αἰγύπτιον; () Ἐφοβήθη () δὲ () Μωϋσῆς () καὶ () εἶπεν () Εἰ () οὕτως () ἐμφανὲς () γέγονεν () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο; ()
[15] Ἤκουσεν () δὲ () Φαραω () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο () καὶ () ἐζήτει () ἀνελεῖν () Μωυσῆν· () ἀνεχώρησεν () δὲ () Μωϋσῆς () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () Φαραω () καὶ () ᾤκησεν () ἐν () γῇ () Μαδιαμ· () ἐλθὼν () δὲ () εἰς () γῆν () Μαδιαμ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () φρέατος. ()
[16] Τῷ () δὲ () ἱερεῖ () Μαδιαμ () ἦσαν () ἑπτὰ () θυγατέρες () ποιμαίνουσαι () τὰ () πρόβατα () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτῶν () Ιοθορ· παραγενόμεναι () δὲ () ἤντλουν, () ἕως () ἔπλησαν () τὰς () δεξαμενὰς ποτίσαι () τὰ () πρόβατα () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτῶν () Ιοθορ.
[17] Παραγενόμενοι () δὲ () οἱ () ποιμένες () ἐξέβαλον () αὐτάς· () ἀναστὰς () δὲ () Μωϋσῆς () ἐρρύσατο () αὐτὰς () καὶ () ἤντλησεν () αὐταῖς () καὶ () ἐπότισεν () τὰ () πρόβατα () αὐτῶν. ()
[18] Παρεγένοντο () δὲ () πρὸς () Ραγουηλ τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτῶν· () ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν () αὐταῖς () Τί () ὅτι () ἐταχύνατε τοῦ () παραγενέσθαι () σήμερον; ()
[19] Αἱ () δὲ () εἶπαν () Ἄνθρωπος () Αἰγύπτιος () ἐρρύσατο () ἡμᾶς () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ποιμένων () καὶ () ἤντλησεν () ἡμῖν () καὶ () ἐπότισεν () τὰ () πρόβατα () ἡμῶν. ()
[20] Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν () ταῖς () θυγατράσιν () αὐτοῦ () Καὶ () ποῦ () ἐστι; () Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () οὕτως () καταλελοίπατε () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον; () Καλέσατε () οὖν () αὐτόν, () ὅπως () φάγῃ () ἄρτον. ()
[21] Κατῳκίσθη δὲ () Μωϋσῆς () παρὰ () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ, () καὶ () ἐξέδοτο () Σεπφωραν τὴν () θυγατέρα () αὐτοῦ () Μωυσῇ () γυναῖκα. ()
[22] Ἐν () γαστρὶ () δὲ () λαβοῦσα () ἡ () γυνὴ () ἔτεκεν () υἱόν, () καὶ () ἐπωνόμασεν () Μωϋσῆς () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Γηρσαμ λέγων () ὅτι () Πάροικός () εἰμι () ἐν () γῇ () ἀλλοτρίᾳ. ()
[23] Μετὰ () δὲ () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τὰς () πολλὰς () ἐκείνας () ἐτελεύτησεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Αἰγύπτου. () Καὶ () κατεστέναξαν οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἔργων () καὶ () ἀνεβόησαν, () καὶ () ἀνέβη () ἡ () βοὴ () αὐτῶν () πρὸς () τὸν () θεὸν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἔργων. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἰσήκουσεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () στεναγμὸν () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐμνήσθη () ὁ () θεὸς () τῆς () διαθήκης () αὐτοῦ () τῆς () πρὸς () Αβρααμ () καὶ () Ισαακ () καὶ () Ιακωβ. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἐπεῖδεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἐγνώσθη () αὐτοῖς. ()

Exodus 2:11 Corrected from ἐξήλθεν, as seen in RH and SW. A long vowel accented on the next-to-last syllable takes the circumflex when the last syllable is short. This edition prints ἐξῆλθεν at its 270 other occurrences.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.