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1 Por esa época, un hombre de la tribu de Leví se casó con una mujer de su misma tribu.

1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.

2 Después de un tiempo, la mujer quedó embarazada y tuvo un hijo. El niño era tan hermoso, que la madre 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 Pero cuando ya no pudo esconderlo más, le hizo una pequeña cesta de papiro, la recubrió con asfalto, y puso al niño adentro; luego fue y lo dejó en medio de las cañas que crecían a la orilla del río.

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 bebé lo estuvo vigilando desde lejos, para ver qué iba a pasar con él.

4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

5 En eso vio que llegaba a bañarse al río una princesa, una de las hijas del faraón. Mientras caminaba por la orilla con sus damas de compañía, vio la pequeña cesta que estaba en medio de las cañas y envió a una de sus doncellas para que se la llevara.

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 bebé que lloraba, y se sintió conmovida. ―Debe de ser un bebé de los hebreos —dijo.

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 La hermana del niño se acercó y le preguntó a la princesa: ―¿Quiere que vaya y busque a una mujer hebrea para que le cuide 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 ―Sí, anda —respondió la princesa. La muchacha corrió hasta su casa, y regresó con su madre.

8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.

9 ―Lleva a este niño a tu casa y cuídamelo —le ordenó la princesa a la madre del niño—. Te pagaré bien. Ella, pues, lo llevó a su casa y lo cuidó.

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, la madre se lo llevó a la princesa, y ella lo adoptó como hijo suyo. Lo llamó Moisés, porque lo había sacado de las aguas.

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 Un día, cuando Moisés ya había crecido, salió a visitar a los hebreos y vio la terrible condición en que se encontraban. Durante esta visita vio que un egipcio golpeaba a un hebreo, ¡a un compatriota suyo!

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 Moisés miró hacia todos lados para asegurarse de que nadie lo veía, mató al egipcio y lo sepultó 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 volvió a salir a visitar a los hebreos, y vio que dos de ellos estaban peleando. ―¿Por qué golpeas a tu hermano de esa manera? —le dijo al que estaba golpeando al otro.

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 ―¿Quién te crees tú? —le contestó el hombre—. Supongo que te crees príncipe y juez. ¿Quieres matarme también como lo hiciste con el egipcio ayer? Cuando Moisés se dio cuenta de que se sabía lo que había hecho, se asustó.

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 Y en efecto, cuando el faraón se enteró, ordenó que Moisés fuera arrestado y ejecutado. Pero Moisés huyó hacia la tierra de Madián. Al llegar a allá, 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 Estaba allí sentado, cuando llegaron siete muchachas a sacar agua del pozo, para llenar los abrevaderos y darles de beber a las ovejas de su padre. Las siete eran hijas del sacerdote de Madián.

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 los pastores que estaban allí querían impedir que ellas sacaran agua. Moisés acudió en su ayuda y las libró de los pastores, y dio de beber a las ovejas.

17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

18 Cuando las muchachas volvieron a casa, su padre Reuel, también llamado Jetro, les preguntó: ―¿Cómo es que pudieron regresar hoy tan temprano?

18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”

19 ―Un egipcio nos defendió de los pastores —respondieron ellas—, y sacó agua y dio de beber a los rebaños.

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 ―Bueno, pero ¿dónde está? —les preguntó el padre—. ¿Lo dejaron allá? 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 la invitación y acabó quedándose a vivir con ellos. Después de un tiempo, Reuel le dio por esposa a Séfora, una de sus hijas.

21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

22 Tuvieron un hijo, y Moisés le puso por nombre Guersón, porque dijo: «Soy forastero 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 Pasaron muchos años, y murió el faraón. Los israelitas, sin embargo, gemían bajo su pesada carga, profundamente atribulados por la esclavitud, y lloraban amargamente delante de Dios. Dios oyó su lamento desde los cielos y

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 se acordó de su pacto, de la promesa hecha a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob de hacer regresar a sus descendientes a la tierra de Canaán.

24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

25 Los miró desde lo alto y decidió ayudarlos.

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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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)
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)
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)

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