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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Exodus 2 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Exodus 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/1.htm" title="Exodus 1">◄</a> Exodus 2 <a href="../exodus/3.htm" title="Exodus 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/exodus/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Moses is Born</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A man of the family of Levi married the daughter of a descendant of Levi. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Later, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a beautiful<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 Or good">a</a></span> child, and hid him for three months. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then his sister positioned herself some distance away in order to find out what would happen to him.</p> <p class="heading">Pharaoh’s Daughter Adopts Moses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh’s daughter came down to the Nile River<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 The Heb. lacks River">b</a></span> to bathe while her maids walked along the river bank. She saw the container among the reeds and sent a servant girl to get it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When she opened it and saw the child, the little boy suddenly began crying. Filled with compassion for him, she exclaimed, “This is one of the Hebrew children!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the nursing Hebrew women so she can nurse the child for you?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Pharaoh’s daughter told her, “Go,” so the young girl went and called the child’s mother. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Pharaoh’s daughter instructed her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I’ll pay you a salary.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>After the child had grown older,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 The Heb. lacks older">c</a></span> she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 The Heb. name Moses sounds like the Heb. verb draw out">d</a></span> because she said, “I drew him out of the water.”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Kills an Egyptian</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Years later, after<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:11 Lit. It happened in those days that">e</a></span> Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:11 Lit. brothers">f</a></span> and took notice of their heavy burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating up a Hebrew, one of his own people.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:11 Lit. brothers">g</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Looking around and seeing no one else, he killed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 Lit. struck">h</a></span> the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Going out the next day, Moses noticed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:13 The Heb. lacks noticed">i</a></span> two Hebrew men fighting right in front of him. He told the one who was at fault, “Why did you strike your companion?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:14 Lit. He">j</a></span> replied, “Who appointed you to be an official judge over us? Are you planning<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:14 Lit. saying">k</a></span> to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?”</p> <p class="reg">Then Moses became terrified and told himself,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:14 The Heb. lacks to himself">l</a></span> “Certainly this event has become known!”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Flees to Midian</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh, settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the seven daughters of a certain Midianite priest would come to draw water in order to fill water troughs for their father’s sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Some shepherds came to drive them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When they returned to their father Reuel,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:18 i.e. another name for Jethro">m</a></span> he asked, “Why have you returned so quickly today?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:19 Lit. the hand of the shepherds">n</a></span> they replied, “and he even drew water for us and watered the sheep!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Then where is he?” He asked his daughters. “Why did you leave the man behind? Go invite him to have something to eat.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:20 Lit. to eat bread">o</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:21 The Heb. lacks in marriage">p</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:22 Lit. he">q</a></span> named him Gershom,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:22 Gershom sounds like Heb. for alien">r</a></span> because he used to say, “I became an alien in a foreign land.”</p> <p class="heading">The Israelis Cry Out to God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The king of Egypt eventually<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:23 Lit. It happened after those many days that the king of Egypt">s</a></span> died, and the Israelis groaned because of the bondage. They cried out, and their cry for deliverance from slavery ascended to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>God watched the Israelis and took notice of them.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:2 Or <i>good</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:5 The Heb. lacks <i>River</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:10 The Heb. lacks <i>older</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:10 The Heb. name <i>Moses</i> sounds like the Heb. verb <i>draw out</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:11 Lit. <i>It happened in those days that</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:11 Lit. <i>brothers</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:11 Lit. <i>brothers</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:12 Lit. <i>struck</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:13 The Heb. lacks <i>noticed</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:14 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 2:14 Lit. <i>saying</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 2:14 The Heb. lacks <i>to himself</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 2:18 i.e. another name for Jethro<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 2:19 Lit. <i>the hand of the shepherds</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 2:20 Lit. <i>to eat bread</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 2:21 The Heb. lacks <i>in marriage</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 2:22 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 2:22 Gershom sounds like Heb. for <i>alien</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 2:23 Lit. <i>It happened after those many days that the king of Egypt</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/exodus/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>