Verse 11
Exodus 2:11
Free Bible Version
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Later, when Moses had grown up, he went to visit his people, the Hebrews. He saw them doing hard labor. He also saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵ֗ם וַ/יִּגְדַּ֤ל מֹשֶׁה֙ וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א אֶל אֶחָ֔י/ו וַ/יַּ֖רְא בְּ/סִבְלֹתָ֑/ם וַ/יַּרְא֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י מַכֶּ֥ה אִישׁ עִבְרִ֖י מֵ/אֶחָֽי/ו
English Translation
And it came to pass in those days, and Moses grew up, and he went out to his brothers, and he saw their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian man beating a Hebrew man, one of his brothers.
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Chapter 2 Context
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It was around this time that a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman, also a Levite.
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She became pregnant and had a son. She saw he was a lovely baby, and she hid him for three months.
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But when she couldn't hide him anymore, she got a papyrus basket and covered it with tar and pitch....
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His sister waited some distance away, keeping an eye on him.
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Then Pharaoh's daughter arrived to bathe in the Nile. Her ladies-in-waiting were walking along the b...
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When she opened it she saw the baby boy. He was crying and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one...
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His sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, “Would you like me to go and find one of the Hebrew women to nu...
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“Yes, go and do that,” she replied. So the girl went and called the baby's mother to come.
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“Take this baby boy and nurse him for me,” Pharaoh's daughter told his mother. “I will pay you mysel...
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When the boy was older she took him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. She called hi...
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11
Later, when Moses had grown up, he went to visit his people, the Hebrews. He saw them doing hard lab...
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He looked all around to make sure no one was watching, and then he killed the Egyptian and buried hi...
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The following day he went back and he saw two Hebrews fighting with each other. He said to the one a...
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“Who put you in charge to judge us?” the man replied. “Are you going to kill me like you did the Egy...
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When Pharaoh found out, he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses ran away from Pharaoh and went to l...
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Some shepherds arrived and chased them off, but Moses intervened and rescued them, and watered their...
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When they got home, their father Reuel asked them, “How did you get back so quickly today?”
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“An Egyptian rescued us from some shepherds who attacked us,” they replied. “Then he even fetched wa...
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“So where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “You didn't just leave him there, did you? Go and invit...
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Moses agreed to stay with the man, who arranged for his daughter Zipporah to marry Moses.
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She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I'm an exile living in a foreign country.”
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Years later, the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still groaning under their hard labor....
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God (Elohim) heard their groans, and recalled his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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God (Elohim) also looked sympathetically on the Israelites, and was concerned for them.
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