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Exodus 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Un hombre de la familia de Leví se casó con una mujer de la misma tribu.
1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
2 Ella quedó embarazada y dio a luz un hijo. Al ver que era un niño hermoso, lo mantuvo escondido durante tres meses.
2 The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
3 Cuando ya no pudo ocultarlo, hizo una canasta de juncos y la cubrió con brea para que no entrara agua. Puso al niño dentro y dejó la canasta entre los juncos a la orilla del Nilo.
3 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.
4 La hermana del niño se quedó a cierta distancia para ver qué le sucedería.
4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
5 La hija de Faraón bajó al Nilo para bañarse, mientras sus sirvientas caminaban por la orilla. Ella vio la canasta entre los juncos y mandó a una sirvienta a recogerla.
5 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.
6 Cuando la abrió, vio al niño llorando y tuvo compasión de él. Dijo: «Este es uno de los niños hebreos».
6 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.”
7 Entonces la hermana del niño preguntó a la hija de Faraón: «¿Quieres que vaya a buscar a una mujer hebrea para que amamante al niño?».
7 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?”
8 La hija de Faraón respondió: «Ve». La muchacha fue y llamó a la madre del niño.
8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
9 La hija de Faraón le dijo: «Llévate a este niño y amamántalo por mí. Yo te pagaré». La mujer tomó al niño y lo crió.
9 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 him.
10 Cuando el niño creció, ella lo llevó a la hija de Faraón, quien lo tomó como hijo suyo. Le puso por nombre Moisés, porque dijo: «Lo saqué del agua».
10 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.”
11 Cuando Moisés ya era adulto, salió un día a ver a su pueblo y observó sus duros trabajos. Vio a un egipcio golpeando a un hebreo, uno de los suyos.
11 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.
12 Miró a un lado y a otro y, al ver que no había nadie, mató al egipcio y escondió su cuerpo en la arena.
12 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.
13 Al día siguiente salió de nuevo y vio a dos hebreos peleando. Entonces preguntó al que estaba haciendo mal: «¿Por qué golpeas a tu compañero?».
13 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?”
14 El hombre respondió: «¿Quién te hizo jefe y juez sobre nosotros? ¿Piensas matarme como mataste al egipcio?». Moisés tuvo miedo y pensó: «Está claro que todos saben lo que hice».
14 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.”
15 Cuando Faraón se enteró, trató de matar a Moisés. Pero Moisés huyó de Faraón y se fue a vivir a la tierra de Madián. Allí se sentó junto a un pozo.
15 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.
16 El sacerdote de Madián tenía siete hijas. Ellas fueron a sacar agua y llenar los recipientes para dar de beber al rebaño de su padre.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17 Pero unos pastores llegaron y las echaron de allí. Entonces Moisés se levantó, las defendió y dio de beber a su rebaño.
17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18 Cuando ellas volvieron a casa de Reuel, su padre, él preguntó: «¿Cómo es que hoy regresaron tan pronto?».
18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”
19 Ellas respondieron: «Un egipcio nos defendió de los pastores. Además, sacó agua para nosotras y dio de beber al rebaño».
19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”
20 Reuel dijo a sus hijas: «¿Y dónde está? ¿Por qué dejaron allí a ese hombre? Invítenlo a comer».
20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
21 Moisés aceptó quedarse a vivir con aquel hombre, quien le dio por esposa a su hija Séfora.
21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
22 Ella dio a luz un hijo, y Moisés lo llamó Gersón, porque dijo: «He vivido como extranjero en tierra extraña».
22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 Muchos años después murió el rey de Egipto. Los hijos de Israel gemían bajo el peso de su esclavitud y pedían ayuda. Su clamor llegó hasta Dios.
23 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.
24 Dios oyó sus gemidos y recordó el pacto que había hecho con Abraham, Isaac y Jacob.
24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 Dios miró a los hijos de Israel y tuvo en cuenta su situación.
25 God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

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  • Gershom

    Moses' firstborn

    Moses' firstborn son, born during his years of exile in the land of Midian.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:22; Exodus 18:3

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  • Jochebed

    Mother of Moses

    The Levite mother who hid her baby in the Nile to save Moses' life.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2; Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59

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  • Miriam

    Prophetess of Israel

    The sister who watched over baby Moses and later led Israel in song.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:1–8; 15:20–21; Numbers 12

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  • Moses

    Deliverer and lawgiver

    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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  • Pharaoh's daughter

    Moses' adoptive mother

    The unnamed daughter of Pharaoh who found the baby Moses in a papyrus basket on the Nile, had compassion on him, hired his own mother to nurse him, and adopted him as her son.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:5–10

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  • Jethro

    Priest of Midian; Moses' father-in-law

    The priest of Midian, also called Reuel, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses, brought her and her two sons to Moses at the mountain of God, and advised him to appoint capable…

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:18; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 18:1

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  • Zipporah

    Wife of Moses

    The Midianite daughter of Jethro who became Moses' wife in the wilderness.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:16-22; Exodus 4:24-26; Exodus 18

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Cross references (24)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Numbers 26:59; Exodus 6:16–20; 1 Chronicles 23:12–14; 1 Chronicles 6:1–3
  2. 2 Hebrews 11:23; Acts 7:20
  3. 3 Exodus 1:22; Acts 7:19; Genesis 6:14; Isaiah 18:2; Matthew 2:16
  4. 4 Numbers 26:59; Exodus 15:20; Micah 6:4; Numbers 20:1; Numbers 12:1–15
  5. 5 Acts 7:21; Psalm 12:5; Psalm 9:9; Exodus 8:20; Psalm 46:1
  6. 6 1 Kings 8:50; 1 Peter 3:8; Acts 7:21; Nehemiah 1:11; Psalm 106:46
  7. 7 Exodus 2:4; Numbers 26:59; Numbers 12:1; Exodus 15:20
  8. 8 Isaiah 46:3–4; Psalm 27:10; Exodus 6:20; Ezekiel 16:8
  9. 10 Hebrews 11:24; Acts 7:21–22; Genesis 16:11; 1 Samuel 1:20; Matthew 1:21
  10. 11 Hebrews 11:24–26; Acts 7:22–24; Exodus 1:11; Matthew 11:28; Luke 4:18
  11. 12 Acts 7:24–26
  12. 13 Acts 7:26–28; 1 Corinthians 6:7–8
  13. 14 Luke 12:14; Matthew 21:23; Genesis 37:19–20; Psalm 2:2–6; Genesis 19:9
  14. 15 Hebrews 11:27; Acts 7:29; Genesis 24:11; Genesis 29:2; 1 Kings 19:1–3
  15. 16 Genesis 24:11; Exodus 3:1; 1 Samuel 9:11; Genesis 24:14–20; Genesis 29:6–10
  16. 17 Genesis 29:10; Genesis 21:25; Exodus 2:12; Genesis 26:15–22
  17. 18 Exodus 3:1; Numbers 10:29; Exodus 4:18; Exodus 18:1–12; Numbers 19:20
  18. 19 Genesis 29:10; Genesis 50:11
  19. 20 Genesis 31:54; Genesis 43:25; Genesis 18:5; Hebrews 13:2; Job 31:32
  20. 21 Genesis 31:38–40; Hebrews 13:5; 1 Timothy 6:6; Exodus 2:10; Exodus 18:2–6
  21. 22 Hebrews 11:13–14; Acts 7:29; Exodus 22:21; Psalm 119:19; Psalm 39:12
  22. 23 Genesis 18:20–21; James 5:4; Exodus 3:7–9; Acts 7:30; Exodus 22:22–27
  23. 24 Genesis 26:3; Psalm 105:42; Exodus 6:5; Genesis 15:14–18; Luke 1:72–73
  24. 25 Exodus 4:31; Psalm 55:22; Exodus 3:7–8; Luke 1:25; Psalm 1:6

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 2:10 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon I)

    … saith: "The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband; and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife." Moses too, who was born of a Hebrew mother and was exposed, was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter. There were not then indeed the same forms of law as now, but the choice …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 2:24 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXVI)

    For with respect to the patriarch it is said, "I remembered my covenant with Abraham;" but here He saith not "the covenant," but how?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 2:12–15 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XCIX)

    That perhaps the early life of Moses was sinful; for he fled from Egypt, after slaying a man. The early life of Aaron also was such as would displease God; for he allowed a maddened and infatuated people to make an idol to worship; and an idol was made for God's people to worship.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)