Exodus · Bible in Basic English
Exodus 14 Bible in Basic English
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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
1 Y HABLÓ Jehová á Moisés, diciendo:
2 Give orders to the children of Israel to go back and put up their tents before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon, opposite to which you are to put up your tents by the sea.
2 Habla á los hijos de Israel que den la vuelta, y asienten su campo delante de Pihahiroth, entre Migdol y la mar hacia Baalzephón: delante de él asentaréis el campo, junto á la mar.
3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.
3 Porque Faraón dirá de los hijos de Israel: Encerrados están en la tierra, el desierto los ha encerrado.
4 And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and he will come after them and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians may see that I am the Lord. And they did so.
4 Y yo endureceré el corazón de Faraón para que los siga; y seré glorificado en Faraón y en todo su ejército; y sabrán los Egipcios que yo soy Jehová. Y ellos lo hicieron así.
5 And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?
5 Y fué dado aviso al rey de Egipto cómo el pueblo se huía: y el corazón de Faraón y de sus siervos se volvió contra el pueblo, y dijeron: ¿Cómo hemos hecho esto de haber dejado ir á Israel, para que no nos sirva?
6 So he had his war-carriage made ready and took his people with him:
6 Y unció su carro, y tomó consigo su pueblo;
7 And he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
7 Y tomó seiscientos carros escogidos, y todos los carros de Egipto, y los capitanes sobre ellos.
8 And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.
8 Y endureció Jehová el corazón de Faraón rey de Egipto, y siguió á los hijos de Israel; pero los hijos de Israel habían salido con mano poderosa.
9 But the Egyptians went after them, all the horses and carriages of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them in their tents by the sea, by Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
9 Siguiéndolos, pues, los Egipcios, con toda la caballería y carros de Faraón, su gente de á caballo, y todo su ejército, alcanzáronlos asentando el campo junto á la mar, al lado de Pihahiroth, delante de Baalzephón.
10 And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.
10 Y cuando Faraón se hubo acercado, los hijos de Israel alzaron sus ojos, y he aquí los Egipcios que venían tras ellos; por lo que temieron en gran manera, y clamaron los hijos de Israel á Jehová.
11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?
11 Y dijeron á Moisés: ¿No había sepulcros en Egipto, que nos has sacado para que muramos en el desierto? ¿Por qué lo has hecho así con nosotros, que nos has sacado de Egipto?
12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.
12 ¿No es esto lo que te hablamos en Egipto, diciendo: Déjanos servir á los Egipcios? Que mejor nos fuera servir á los Egipcios, que morir nosotros en el desierto.
13 But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.
13 Y Moisés dijo al pueblo: No temáis; estáos quedos, y ved la salud de Jehová, que él hará hoy con vosotros; porque los Egipcios que hoy habéis visto, nunca más para siempre los veréis.
14 The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.
14 Jehová peleará por vosotros, y vosotros estaréis quedos.
15 And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.
15 Entonces Jehová dijo á Moisés: ¿Por qué clamas á mí? di á los hijos de Israel que marchen:
16 And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.
16 Y tú alza tu vara, y extiende tu mano sobre la mar, y divídela; y entren los hijos de Israel por medio de la mar en seco.
17 And I will make the heart of the Egyptians hard, and they will go in after them: and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and over his army, his war-carriages, and his horsemen.
17 Y yo, he aquí yo endureceré el corazón de los Egipcios, para que los sigan: y yo me glorificaré en Faraón, y en todo su ejército, y en sus carros, y en su caballería;
18 And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when I get honour over Pharaoh and his war-carriages and his horsemen.
18 Y sabrán los Egipcios que yo soy Jehová, cuando me glorificaré en Faraón, en sus carros, y en su gente de á caballo.
19 Then the angel of God, who had been before the tents of Israel, took his place at their back; and the pillar of cloud, moving from before them, came to rest at their back:
19 Y el ángel de Dios que iba delante del campo de Israel, se apartó, é iba en pos de ellos; y asimismo la columna de nube que iba delante de ellos, se apartó, y púsose á sus espaldas:
20 And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.
20 E iba entre el campo de los Egipcios y el campo de Israel; y era nube y tinieblas [para aquéllos], y alumbraba [á Israel] de noche: y en toda aquella noche nunca llegaron los unos á los otros.
21 And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.
21 Y extendió Moisés su mano sobre la mar, é hizo Jehová que la mar se retirase por recio viento oriental toda aquella noche; y tornó la mar en seco, y las aguas quedaron divididas.
22 And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
22 Entonces los hijos de Israel entraron por medio de la mar en seco, teniendo las aguas como muro á su diestra y á su siniestra:
23 Then the Egyptians went after them into the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses and his war-carriages and his horsemen.
23 Y siguiéndolos los Egipcios, entraron tras ellos hasta el medio de la mar, toda la caballería de Faraón, sus carros, y su gente de á caballo.
24 And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;
24 Y aconteció á la vela de la mañana, que Jehová miró al campo de los Egipcios desde la columna de fuego y nube, y perturbó el campo de los Egipcios.
25 And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.
25 Y quitóles las ruedas de sus carros, y trastornólos gravemente. Entonces los Egipcios dijeron: Huyamos de delante de Israel, porque Jehová pelea por ellos contra los Egipcios.
26 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen.
26 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Extiende tu mano sobre la mar, para que las aguas vuelvan sobre los Egipcios, sobre sus carros, y sobre su caballería.
27 And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
27 Y Moisés extendió su mano sobre la mar, y la mar se volvió en su fuerza cuando amanecía; y los Egipcios iban hacia ella: y Jehová derribó á los Egipcios en medio de la mar.
28 And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen.
28 Y volvieron las aguas, y cubrieron los carros y la caballería, y todo el ejército de Faraón que había entrado tras ellos en la mar; no quedó de ellos ni uno.
29 But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
29 Y los hijos de Israel fueron por medio de la mar en seco, teniendo las aguas por muro á su diestra y á su siniestra.
30 So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.
30 Así salvó Jehová aquel día á Israel de mano de los Egipcios; é Israel vió á los Egipcios muertos á la orilla de la mar.
31 And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
31 Y vió Israel aquel grande hecho que Jehová ejecutó contra los Egipcios: y el pueblo temió á Jehová, y creyeron á Jehová y á Moisés su siervo.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Numbers 33:7–8; Jeremiah 44:1; Exodus 13:17–18; Jeremiah 46:14; Exodus 14:9
- 3 Acts 4:28; Ezekiel 38:17; Psalm 139:4; 1 Samuel 23:7; Psalm 3:2
- 4 Romans 9:22–23; Exodus 7:5; Romans 9:17; Exodus 7:3; Exodus 9:16
- 5 Psalm 105:25; Luke 11:24–26; Exodus 12:33; Jeremiah 34:10–17; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 7 Psalm 20:7; Exodus 15:4; Judges 4:15; Judges 4:3; Psalm 68:17
- 8 Numbers 33:3; Acts 13:17; Deuteronomy 26:8; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 14:4
- 9 Exodus 15:9; Joshua 24:6; Exodus 14:2
- 10 Psalm 107:6; Psalm 34:17; Nehemiah 9:9; Joshua 24:7; Matthew 8:25–26
- 11 Psalm 106:7–8; Numbers 14:1–4; Exodus 17:2–3; Exodus 15:23–24; Exodus 16:2–3
- 12 Jonah 4:3; Jonah 4:8; Exodus 6:9; Exodus 5:21; Exodus 3:9
- 13 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Chronicles 20:15; Exodus 14:30; Isaiah 41:10–14; 2 Kings 6:16
- 14 Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 20:4; 2 Chronicles 20:17; Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 23:3
- 15 Joshua 7:10; Ezra 10:4–5; Exodus 17:4; Nehemiah 9:9
- 16 Exodus 7:19; Exodus 4:17; Exodus 4:20; Exodus 4:2; Exodus 7:9
- 17 Exodus 14:8; Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 34:20; Deuteronomy 32:39; Ezekiel 34:11
- 18 Exodus 7:5; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 14:4
- 19 Isaiah 63:9; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 23:20–21; Numbers 20:16; Exodus 13:21–22
- 20 Isaiah 8:14; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16; Proverbs 4:18–19; Psalm 18:11
- 21 Isaiah 63:12; Psalm 66:6; Exodus 15:8; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 78:13
- 22 Hebrews 11:29; Exodus 15:19; Psalm 66:6; Psalm 78:13; Exodus 14:29
- 23 Exodus 14:17; Exodus 15:19; 1 Kings 22:20; Exodus 15:9; Ecclesiastes 9:3
- 24 Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:25; Psalm 77:16–19; Job 34:29; Job 23:15–16
- 25 Exodus 14:14; Jeremiah 51:21; Job 20:24; 1 Samuel 4:7–8; Deuteronomy 3:22
- 26 Exodus 14:16; Exodus 8:5; Exodus 7:19; Judges 1:6–7; Revelation 16:6
- 27 Joshua 4:18; Psalm 78:53; Deuteronomy 11:4; Hebrews 11:29; Exodus 15:1–21
- 28 Psalm 78:53; Psalm 106:9–11; Habakkuk 3:8–10; Habakkuk 3:13; Psalm 136:15
- 29 Exodus 14:22; Isaiah 51:13; Joshua 3:16; Isaiah 63:12–13; Job 38:8–11
- 30 Psalm 106:10; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 58:10; Jude 5; Psalm 92:9–11
- 31 John 2:11; John 11:45; John 8:30–32; John 2:23–25; Psalm 106:12–13
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The sea was divided; a way was made in the midst of the waves; their enemies following, were covered by the same waves through which they passed: and yet when Moses, the man of God, had departed from their sight, they asked for an idol, and said, "Make us gods to go before us; for this man has deserted us." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Since Moses too was pained, and prayed in this way and was heard; for this cause also God said unto him, "Wherefore criest thou unto me." And Hannah too again, her voice not being heard, accomplished all she wished, forasmuch as her heart cried out.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Therefore this darkness of the body has been placed between us and God, like the cloud of old between the Egyptians and the Hebrews; and this is perhaps what is meant by "He made darkness His secret place," namely our dulness, through which few can see even a little.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Some "were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea." And it is admitted that faith even before now has been put in men; for "The people believed God and his servant Moses." Why then, it is asked, do we, on account of faith and of baptism, exalt and magnify the Holy Spirit so far above creation, when …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
For who else save Moses smote the Egyptians with so many and mighty plagues, as when He led the people through the parted waters of the sea, when he obtained manna for them from heaven in their hunger, and water from the rock in their thirst?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)