1 E foi um homem da casa de Levi e casou com uma filha de Levi.
2 E a mulher concebeu e deu à luz um filho; e, vendo que ele era formoso, escondeu-o três meses.
3 Não podendo, porém, mais escondê-lo, tomou uma arca de juncos, e a revestiu com barro e betume; e, pondo nela o menino, a pôs nos juncos à margem do rio.
4 E sua irmã postou-se de longe, para saber o que lhe havia de acontecer.
5 E a filha de Faraó desceu a lavar-se no rio, e as suas donzelas passeavam, pela margem do rio; e ela viu a arca no meio dos juncos, e enviou a sua criada, que a tomou.
6 E abrindo-a, viu ao menino e eis que o menino chorava; e moveu-se de compaixão dele, e disse: Dos meninos dos hebreus é este.
7 Então disse sua irmã à filha de Faraó: Irei chamar uma ama das hebréias, que crie este menino para ti?
8 E a filha de Faraó disse-lhe: Vai. Foi, pois, a moça, e chamou a mãe do menino.
9 Então lhe disse a filha de Faraó: Leva este menino, e cria-mo; eu te darei teu salário. E a mulher tomou o menino, e criou-o.
10 E, quando o menino já era grande, ela o trouxe à filha de Faraó, a qual o adotou; e chamou-lhe Moisés, e disse: Porque das águas o tenho tirado.
11 E aconteceu naqueles dias que, sendo Moisés já homem, saiu a seus irmãos, e atentou para as suas cargas; e viu que um egípcio feria a um hebreu, homem de seus irmãos.
12 E olhou a um e a outro lado e, vendo que não havia ninguém ali, matou ao egípcio, e escondeu-o na areia.
13 E tornou a sair no dia seguinte, e eis que dois homens hebreus contendiam; e disse ao injusto: Por que feres a teu próximo?
14 O qual disse: Quem te tem posto a ti por maioral e juiz sobre nós? Pensas matar-me, como mataste o egípcio? Então temeu Moisés, e disse: Certamente este negócio foi descoberto.
15 Ouvindo, pois, Faraó este caso, procurou matar a Moisés; mas Moisés fugiu de diante da face de Faraó, e habitou na terra de Midiã, e assentou-se junto a um poço.
16 E o sacerdote de Midiã tinha sete filhas, as quais vieram tirar água, e encheram os bebedouros, para dar de beber ao rebanho de seu pai.
17 Então vieram os pastores, e expulsaram-nas dali; Moisés, porém, levantou-se e defendeu-as, e deu de beber ao rebanho.
18 E voltando elas a Reuel seu pai, ele disse: Por que hoje tornastes tão depressa?
19 E elas disseram: Um homem egípcio nos livrou da mão dos pastores; e também nos tirou água em abundância, e deu de beber ao rebanho.
20 E disse a suas filhas: E onde está ele? Por que deixastes o homem? Chamai-o para que coma pão.
21 E Moisés consentiu em morar com aquele homem; e ele deu a Moisés sua filha Zípora,
22 A qual deu à luz um filho, a quem ele chamou Gérson, porque disse: Peregrino fui em terra estranha.
23 E aconteceu, depois de muitos dias, que morrendo o rei do Egito, os filhos de Israel suspiraram por causa da servidão, e clamaram; e o seu clamor subiu a Deus por causa de sua servidão.
24 E ouviu Deus o seu gemido, e lembrou-se Deus da sua aliança com Abraão, com Isaque, e com Jacó;
25 E viu Deus os filhos de Israel, e atentou Deus para a sua condição.
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 bore a son. And when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked along by the riverside. And she saw the ark among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
6 And she opened it, and 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 his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call a nurse for thee from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to 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 to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked on their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together. And he said to him who did the wrong, Why do thou smite thy neighbor?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Do thou think to kill me, as thou killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill 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 have come so soon today?
19 And 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 And he said to 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 bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
23 And it came to pass 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, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 And God saw the sons of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them].