1 Foi-se um homem da casa de Levi e casou com uma filha de Levi.
2 A mulher concebeu e deu à luz um filho; e, vendo que ele era formoso, escondeu-o três meses.
3 Não podendo escondê-lo por mais tempo, tomou para ele uma arca de juncos, e betumou-a com betume e pez; e metendo na arca o menino, pô-la à beira do rio num carriçal.
4 Sua irmã ficou de longe para ver o que lhe havia de acontecer.
5 Desceu a filha de Faraó para se banhar no rio, e as suas criadas andavam passeando à beira do rio; vendo ela no carriçal a arca, mandou a sua criada buscá-la.
6 Quando ela a abriu, viu a criança; e eis que o menino chorava. Tendo compaixão dele, disse: Este é um dos filhos dos hebreus.
7 Então perguntou a irmã do menino à filha de Faraó: Queres que eu te vá chamar uma ama das hebréias, para que crie o menino para ti?
8 Respondeu-lhe a filha de Faraó: Vai. Foi-se, pois, a moça, e chamou a mãe do menino.
9 Então lhe disse a filha de Faraó: Toma este menino, e cria-mo, e eu te darei o teu salário. A mulher tomou o menino e o criou.
10 Sendo o menino já grande, ela o trouxe à filha de Faraó, a qual o adotou por filho, e lhe chamou Moisés, dizendo: Porque das águas o tirei.
11 Por aqueles dias, sendo Moisés já homem, saiu a ter com seus irmãos, e para as suas cargas atentou; e viu um egípcio ferindo a um de seus irmãos hebreus.
12 Olhou para uma e outra parte e, vendo que não havia ali ninguém, matou o egípcio e escondeu-o na areia.
13 Saiu no dia seguinte, e eis que dois hebreus estavam brigando; e perguntou ao que fazia a injúria: Por que feres ao teu próximo?
14 Respondeu ele: Quem te constituiu a ti príncipe e juiz sobre nós? pensas tu matar-me como mataste o egípcio? Temeu, pois, Moisés e disse: Sem dúvida já está isso conhecido.
15 Ora, depois que Faraó soube disso, procurava matar a Moisés. Porém Moisés fugiu da presença de Faraó, e deteve-se na terra de Midiã; e sentou-se junto dum poço.
16 O sacerdote de Midiã tinha sete filhas; vieram estas tirar água e encheram os tanques para dar de beber ao rebanho de seu pai.
17 Então vieram os pastores, e as enxotaram; Moisés, porém, levantou-se, defendeu-as, e deu de beber ao rebanho delas.
18 Tendo voltado à casa de seu pai Reuel, perguntou ele: Como é que voltastes tão cedo hoje?
19 Responderam elas: Um egípcio livrou-nos das mãos dos pastores, e além disto tirou água e deu de beber ao rebanho.
20 Replicou a suas filhas: Onde está ele? Por que é que deixastes lá o homem? Chamai-o para que coma pão.
21 Moisés consentiu em morar com o homem; e ele deu a Moisés sua filha Zípora.
22 Ela deu à luz um filho, a quem ele chamou Gérson, porque disse: Peregrino tenho sido numa terra estrangeira.
23 No decorrer de muitos dias morreu o rei do Egito; os filhos de Israel gemiam sob a escravidão, e por causa dela clamaram, e subiu a Deus o seu clamor.
24 Ouviu-lhes Deus os gemidos, e lembrou-se da sua aliança com Abraão, com Isaque e com Jacó.
25 Viu Deus os filhos de Israel, e os conheceu.
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.