1 Now these arethe names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his
household came with Jacob.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in
Egypt already.
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed
exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel aremore and mightier
than we:
10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when
there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and soget them
up out of the land.
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they
built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved
because of the children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all
manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, waswith
rigour.
15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was
Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see themupon
the stools; if it bea son, then ye shall kill him: but if it bea daughter, then she shall live.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved
the men children alive.
18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this
thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women arenot as the Egyptian
women; for they arelively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very
mighty.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the
river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wifea daughter of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was agoodly child,
she hid him three months.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it
with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid itin the flags by the river's
brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herselfat the river; and her maidens walked
along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch
it.

6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had
compassion on him, and said, This is oneof the Hebrews' children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew
women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will
give theethy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And
she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his
brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his
brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there wasno man, he slew the
Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and
he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou
killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of
Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the
troughs to water their father's flock.
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and
watered their flock.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it thatye are come so soon to
day?
19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew
waterenough for us, and watered the flock.
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where ishe? why isit thatye have left the man? call
him, that he may eat bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 And she bare hima son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger
in a strange land.
23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel
sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the
bondage.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac,
and with Jacob.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the
flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, evento Horeb.
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and
he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush wasnot consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of
the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here amI.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon
thou standest isholy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I amthe God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the

God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which arein Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out
of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place
of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and
the Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen
the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my
people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who amI, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring
forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall bea token unto thee, that I have
sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this
mountain.
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, whenI come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto
them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What ishis
name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children
of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD
God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me
unto you: this ismy name for ever, and this ismy memorial unto all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your
fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely
visited you, and seenthat which is done to you in Egypt:
17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto
the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and
now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice
to the LORD our God.
19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the
midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass,
that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house,
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put themupon your sons, and upon
your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my
voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And the LORD said unto him, What isthat in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and
Moses fled from before it.
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth
his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: