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Exodus
Chapter 2
1
And there went a man of the house of Levi,
and
took to wife a daughter of Levi.
{Note: Moses mother and father were closely related. Yet Moses faithful wrote God's commandment about the prohibition of sex with close relatives.}
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son.
And
when she saw him {Moses} . . .
that
he was 'good' {towb}
she
hid him three months.
{Note: 'Good' here could mean that Moses was a beautiful baby and from the evidence of his life, this was probably true. But, more importantly here is the spiritual implication. See Hebrews 11:23 for a very important clarification here.}
3
And when she could not longer hide him,
she
took for him an ark of papyrus/reeds {gome'},
and
daubed it with slime and with pitch,
and
put the child {Moses} therein.
And she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4
And his sister {Miriam} stood afar off . . .
to
know {yada`}
what
would be done to him.
5
And the daughter of 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 flags,
she
sent her maid to fetch it.
6
And when she had opened it,
she
saw the child.
And, behold, the babe wept.
And
she had compassion on him, and said,
"This
is one of the Hebrews' children."
7
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter,
"Shall
I go and call to you a nurse of the Hebrew women,
so
that she may nurse the child for you?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go."
And the maid went and called the child's mother.
9
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her,
"Take
this child away, and nurse it for me,
and
I will give you your wages."
And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
{Moses
Adopted into the Royal Family of Egypt}
10
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter,
and
he became her son.
And
she called his name Moses {name means 'drawn'} . . .
and
she said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
11
And it came to pass in those days when Moses was grown,
that
he went out unto his brethren {the Hebrews},
and
looked on their burdens.
And he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew . . . one of his brethren.
{Moses
Commits Murder}
12
And he looked this way and that way,
and
when he saw that there was no man,
he
slew the Egyptian,
and
hid him in the sand.
13
And when he went out the second day,
behold,
two men of the Hebrews strove together
and
he said to him who did the wrong,
"Why
do you strike your fellow?
14
And he said,
"Who
made you a ruler/prince
and
a judge over us?
Do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?"
And
Moses was afraid, and said,
"Surely
this thing {his act of murder} is known."
15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing,
he
sought to slay Moses.
But
Moses fled from the presence/face of Pharaoh,
and
dwelt in the land of Midian.
And he sat down by a well.
16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters
and
they came and drew water,
and
filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17
And the shepherds came and drove them away . . .
but
Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18
And when they {the daughters}
came
to Reuel, their father, he said,
{name means 'friend of God' - spelled 'Raguel' in Numbers 10:29
and called Jethro in the next chapter}
"How
is it that you have come back so soon today?"
19
And they said,
"An
Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,
and
also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock."
20
And he said unto his daughters,
"And
where is he?
Why is it that you have left the man?
Call him, that he may eat food/bread."
{Moses'
First Wife Zipporah}
21
And Moses was content to 'dwell in prosperity' {yashab}
with
the man.
And
he gave Moses, Zipporah, his daughter.
{name means 'bird' - daughter of Reuel/Jethro and mother of
Gershom and Eliezer}
22
And she bare him a son,
and
he called his name Gershom {name means 'foreigner'} . . .
for
he {Moses} said, 'I have been a stranger in a strange land.'
23
And it came to pass in process of time,
that
the king/Pharaoh of Egypt died
and
the children of Israel groaned/cried
on
account of the bondage/slavery,
and
they cried,
and
their cry came up unto 'Elohiym/Godhead
of
the bondage/slavery.
24
And on account of the bondage/slavery
heard
their groaning/sighing/crying,
and
'Elohiym/Godhead kept on bringing to mind
His
covenant/'{unconditional} contract'
with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25
And 'Elohiym/Godhead looked upon the children of Israel,
and
'Elohiym/Godhead
'kept
on knowing them by experience' {yada`}.
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