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Exodus 2

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Bible Compare Exodus 2
Verse 1
WEB

A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.

KJV

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

Verse 2
WEB

The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

KJV

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child , she hid him three months.

Verse 3
WEB

When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.

KJV

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Verse 4
WEB

His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

KJV

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

Verse 5
WEB

Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.

KJV

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.

Verse 6
WEB

She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

KJV

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.

Verse 7
WEB

Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”

KJV

Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

Verse 8
WEB

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.

KJV

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

Verse 9
WEB

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.

KJV

And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

Verse 10
WEB

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

KJV

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Verse 11
WEB

In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

KJV

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Verse 12
WEB

He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

KJV

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.

Verse 13
WEB

He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”

KJV

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Verse 14
WEB

He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”

KJV

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

Verse 15
WEB

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

KJV

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Verse 16
WEB

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

KJV

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water , and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Verse 17
WEB

The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

KJV

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

Verse 18
WEB

When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”

KJV

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

Verse 19
WEB

They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”

KJV

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.

Verse 20
WEB

He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”

KJV

And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

Verse 21
WEB

Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

KJV

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Verse 22
WEB

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”

KJV

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Verse 23
WEB

In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

KJV

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Verse 24
WEB

God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

KJV

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Verse 25
WEB

God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

KJV

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them .