Exodus 2

Moses Is Born

1 And *Ex. 6:16–20; Num. 26:59; 1 Chr. 23:14a man of the house of Levi went and took aswife a daughter of Levi. 2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And *Acts 7:20; Heb. 11:23when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of *Is. 18:2bulrushes for him, daubed it with *Gen. 14:10asphalt and *Gen. 6:14; Is. 34:9pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds *Is. 19:6by the river’s bank. 4 *Ex. 15:20; Num. 26:59And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

5 Then the *Ex. 7:15; Acts 7:21daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. 6 And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So 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 you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"

8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, "Go." So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became *Acts 7:21her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, "Because I drew him out of the water."