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And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous. Before the midwives come to them they bear.

And it was, because the midwives feared God, He made houses for them.

And she was not able to hide him any longer, and she took a basket for him made of papyrus, and she daubed it with bitumen and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and placed it in the reeds by the lip of the Nile.

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

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give your wages. And the woman took the child and nursed him.

And they said, An Egyptian man rescued us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew for us and watered the flock.

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have become an alien in a foreign land.

And He said, Do not come near here. Pull off your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

And He said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he feared to look upon God.

And Jehovah said, Seeing I have seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry from before their taskmasters; for I know his sorrows.

And He said, I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you that I have sent you, when you bring out the people from Egypt: You shall serve God on this mountain.

And they shall listen to your voice; and you shall come in, you and the elders of Israel to the king of Egypt. And you shall say to him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews has met us; and now, please let us go for a journey of three days into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

And Moses answered and said, And, behold, they will not believe me and will not listen to my voice. For they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to you.

And Moses said to Jehovah, O Lord, I am not a man of words, either from yesterday or the third day, nor since You have been speaking to Your bondslave. For I am heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue.

And he shall speak for you to the people. And it shall be, he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be a god for him.

And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go! Return to Egypt. For all the men are dead, those seeking your life.

And He pulled back from him. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood, for the circumcision.

You shall not go on giving straw to the people to make bricks, as yesterday and the third day. They shall go and pick up straw for themselves.

And the fixed number of bricks which they were making yesterday and the third day you shall put on them. You shall not diminish from it. For they are idle; so they are crying,saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to ourGod.

You go take straw for yourselves from wherever you may find it. For not a thing will be reduced from your work.