{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/exodus/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:42:38.572Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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 she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And it came to pass in the course of those many days, 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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 2 (ERV)","markdown":"[Exodus 2](https://primebible.com/erv/exodus/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/exodus/2 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}