WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.120 Chapter 2. 00:01.760 --> 00:05.820 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 00:06.340 --> 00:08.520 And the woman conceived, and bare a son. 00:09.040 --> 00:12.820 And when she saw him, that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 00:13.240 --> 00:17.360 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, 00:17.460 --> 00:21.020 and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein. 00:21.300 --> 00:23.480 And she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 00:23.920 --> 00:27.000 And his sister stood afar off to wit what would be done to him. 00:27.680 --> 00:30.420 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river. 00:30.860 --> 00:33.260 And her maidens walked along by the river's side. 00:33.620 --> 00:37.300 And when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 00:37.660 --> 00:41.460 And when she had opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the babe wept. 00:41.880 --> 00:45.040 And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' 00:45.300 --> 00:45.600 children. 00:46.060 --> 00:49.740 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a 00:49.740 --> 00:52.980 nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 00:53.480 --> 00:55.360 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. 00:55.920 --> 00:57.980 And the maid went and called the child's mother. 00:58.260 --> 01:02.320 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, 01:02.860 --> 01:04.180 and I will give thee thy wages. 01:04.740 --> 01:06.720 And the woman took the child and nursed it. 01:07.040 --> 01:10.820 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her 01:10.820 --> 01:11.120 son. 01:11.560 --> 01:15.400 And she called his name Moses, and she said, Because I drew him out of 01:15.400 --> 01:15.880 the water. 01:16.300 --> 01:20.040 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out 01:20.040 --> 01:22.020 unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens. 01:22.340 --> 01:25.620 And he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 01:26.240 --> 01:27.860 And he looked this way and that way. 01:28.200 --> 01:32.000 And when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the 01:32.000 --> 01:32.360 sand. 01:33.000 --> 01:36.820 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove 01:36.820 --> 01:40.980 together, and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 01:41.160 --> 01:44.160 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 01:44.440 --> 01:46.820 Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killest the Egyptian? 01:47.040 --> 01:50.180 And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 01:50.580 --> 01:53.460 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. 01:54.040 --> 01:57.580 But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. 01:57.880 --> 01:59.560 And he sat down by a well. 02:00.100 --> 02:03.440 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water, 02:03.700 --> 02:05.900 and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 02:06.460 --> 02:08.260 And the shepherds came and drove them away. 02:08.780 --> 02:11.540 But Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 02:11.980 --> 02:16.300 And when they came to rule their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so 02:16.300 --> 02:17.160 soon today? 02:17.580 --> 02:21.220 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, 02:21.260 --> 02:24.160 and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 02:24.380 --> 02:26.820 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? 02:27.420 --> 02:29.220 Why is it that ye have left the man? 02:29.400 --> 02:30.880 Call him, that he may eat bread. 02:31.180 --> 02:33.620 And Moses was content to dwell with the man. 02:34.000 --> 02:37.720 And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter, and she bare him a son. 02:37.720 --> 02:39.660 And he called his name Gershon. 02:39.740 --> 02:42.920 For he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 02:43.200 --> 02:46.800 And it came to pass in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died, 02:46.940 --> 02:49.920 and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage. 02:50.160 --> 02:53.880 And they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 02:54.320 --> 02:55.680 And God heard their groaning. 02:56.120 --> 02:59.640 And God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 03:00.140 --> 03:04.420 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.