1 There was a
man of the house of Joined To (Levi), who took a
wife who was also a of the tribe of Joined To (Levi).
2 The woman
conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw how
precious he was, she hid him for three months.
3 And when she
could no longer hide him, she made an ark of bulrushes for him, and
daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child in it; and she
laid it in the reeds by the
river's brink.
4 His sister
stood afar off, to see what would be done to him.
5 The daughter
of the Great House (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 reeds, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 When she had
opened it, she saw the child:
and the baby started crying. She had compassion on him, and said,
“This is one of the One
From Beyonds (Hebrews)' children.”
7 Then his
sister said to the Great House's (Pharaoh) daughter, “Shall I go
and call a nurse of the One From Beyond (Hebrew) women to you, that
she may nurse the child for you?”
8 The Great
House's (Pharaoh) daughter said to her, “Go.” And the maid went
and called the child's mother.
9 The Great
House's (Pharaoh) daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and
nurse it for me, and I will pay you.” So, the woman took the child,
and nursed it.
10 The child
grew, and she brought him to the Great House's (Pharaoh) daughter,
and he became her son. And she called his name Drawn (Moses). She
explained, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
11 When Drawn
(Moses) was grown, he went out to his brethren, and looked on their
burdens. He came across an Double Straighter (Egyptian) beating a One
From Beyond (Hebrew), one of his brethren.
12 He looked
this way and that way, and when he saw no one around, he slew the
Double Straighter (Egyptian), and hid him in the sand.
13 Then when he
went out the second day, Two men of the One From Beyonds (Hebrews)
were fighting: and he said to him that did the wrong, “Why did you
beat your fellow countryman?”
14 He said, “Who
made you a prince and a judge over us? Are you going to kill me, as
you killed the Double Straighter (Egyptian)?” And Drawn (Moses)
feared, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”
15 Now when the
Great House (Pharaoh) heard this thing, he sought to slay Drawn
(Moses). But Drawn (Moses) fled from the face of the Great House
(Pharaoh), to dwell in the land of Strife (Midian). There he sat down
by a well.
16 Now the
priest of Strife (Midian) had seven daughters: and they came and drew
water, and filled the troughs
to water their father's flock.
17 But the
shepherds came and drove them away. So Drawn (Moses) stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock.
18 And when they
came to Friend of God ('Elohiym) (Reuel) their father, he said, “How
is it that you are back so
soon today?”
19 They
answered, “A Double Straighter (Egyptian) delivered us out of the
hand of the shepherds, and also drew water
enough for us, and watered the flock.”
20 He said to
his daughters, “And where is
he? Why is it that you have
left the man? Call him, that he may eat with us.”
21 And Drawn
(Moses) was content to dwell with the man. Then he gave Drawn (Moses)
A Little Bird (Zipporah) his daughter.22 She bore him
a son, and he called his name Exile (Gershom): for he said, “I have
been a stranger in a strange land.”
23 It came to
pass in process of time, that the king of Double Straights (Egypt)
died: and the children of God ('Elohiym) Prevails (Israel) sighed by
reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God
('Elohiym) by reason of the bondage.
24 And God
('Elohiym) heard their groaning, and God ('Elohiym) remembered his
covenant with Father of a Multitude (Abraham), with Laughter (Isaac),
and with Heel-Grabber (Jacob).
25 And God
('Elohiym) looked upon the children of God ('Elohiym) Prevails
(Israel), and God ('Elohiym) honored
their cry.
