Exodus 2
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 2 of 40
Chapter Summary
1 Moses is born 3 and placed in a basket among the reeds by the lip of the Nile. 5 Discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter, she adopts him. 11 He slays an Egyptian. 15 He flees into Midian.
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People & Context
A Levite couple conceives and bears a beautiful son. After hiding him for three months, the mother places him in a papyrus basket coated with bitumen …
Pharaoh's daughter finds the basket while bathing, has pity on the crying Hebrew boy. Moses' sister suggests a Hebrew nurse, bringing their mother to …
The boy grows, is brought to Pharaoh's daughter, and becomes her son. She names him Moses, 'because I drew him out of the water.'
Timeline
A Levite couple conceives and bears a beautiful son. After hiding him for three months, the mother places him in a papyrus basket coated with bitumen and pitch among the reeds of the Nile.
Exodus 2:1-3Pharaoh's daughter finds the basket while bathing, has pity on the crying Hebrew boy. Moses' sister suggests a Hebrew nurse, bringing their mother to nurse him for wages.
Exodus 2:4-9The boy grows, is brought to Pharaoh's daughter, and becomes her son. She names him Moses, 'because I drew him out of the water.'
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