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Moses’ første år

1 På den tid var der en familie, hvor både manden og konen var fra Levis stamme. 2 Konen blev gravid og fødte en søn, og da hun så, hvor dejlig drengen var, skjulte hun ham de tre første måneder. 3 Da hun ikke længere kunne skjule barnet, lavede hun en kurv af papyrusrør og gjorde den vandtæt med beg og tjære. Så lagde hun barnet i kurven og satte den ud mellem sivene ved Nilens bred. 4 Drengens storesøster gemte sig i nærheden for at se, hvad der ville ske med ham. 5 Kort efter kom en af Faraos døtre ned til Nilen for at bade. Imens gik hendes hofdamer langs flodens bred. Da prinsessen fik øje på kurven mellem sivene, sendte hun en af hofdamerne hen for at hente den. 6 Da hun åbnede kurven, så hun den lille dreng, som lå og græd, og hans gråd rørte hende dybt. „Det må være en af de hebræiske drenge!” udbrød hun. 7 Så trådte drengens søster frem og spurgte prinsessen: „Skal jeg få fat i en hebræisk kvinde, der kan amme barnet for dig?” 8 „Ja, gør det!” svarede prinsessen. Så skyndte pigen sig hjem og hentede sin mor. 9 „Tag dette barn med hjem og pas ham for mig,” sagde prinsessen til moderen. „Jeg skal nok betale dig for det.” Så tog moderen barnet med hjem og passede ham. 10 Nogle år senere, da drengen var blevet ældre, bragte moderen ham tilbage til prinsessen, som adopterede ham. Hun gav ham navnet Moses,^[1] for hun sagde: „Jeg trak ham op af vandet.”

Moses flygter til Midjans land

11 Mange år senere, da Moses var blevet voksen, gik han en dag ud for at se til sine israelitiske landsmænd. Han så, hvor hårdt de blev tvunget til at arbejde. Han så også, hvordan en egypter gennembankede en af de hebræiske slaver—en af hans egne landsmænd! 12 Efter at have set sig om til alle sider for at være sikker på, at der ikke var nogen vidner, slog Moses egypteren ihjel og skjulte ham i sandet. 13 Næste dag, da han igen gik derud, så han to hebræere i slagsmål. „Hold op med det!” råbte han til ham, der havde startet kampen, „du slår jo en af dine egne landsmænd!” 14 „Hvad bilder du dig ind?” vrissede urostifteren. „Hvem har sat dig til at dømme os imellem og være vores leder? Du vil måske slå mig ihjel, ligesom du i går slog egypteren ihjel?” Da blev Moses bange, for han var klar over, at alle nu vidste, hvad han havde gjort. 15 Da Farao hørte om det, gav han ordre til, at Moses skulle arresteres og henrettes. Men Moses flygtede til Midjans land,^[2] hvor han satte sig ved en brønd. (1.Mos 25,2) 16 Der var en præst i Midjan, som havde syv døtre. De kom nu for at hente vand og fylde vandtrugene, så deres fars får kunne drikke. 17 Samtidig kom nogle hyrder til brønden, som ville jage pigerne væk, men Moses lagde sig imellem og hjalp dem. Han trak også vand op til deres får. 18 Da pigerne kom hjem til deres far, Reuel, udbrød han: „I kommer tidligt hjem i dag! Hvordan kunne I give fårene vand så hurtigt?” 19 „En egypter hjalp os mod hyrderne,” forklarede de. „Og han trak endda vand op fra brønden til fårene!” 20 „Hvor er han nu?” spurgte faderen. „I lod ham vel ikke bare blive stående ude ved brønden? Inviter ham til at spise sammen med os.” 21 Moses tog imod invitationen og slog sig ned hos familien. Efter nogen tid gav Reuel ham en af sine døtre, Zippora, til kone. 22 Hun fødte en dreng, som Moses kaldte Gershom,^[3] for—som han sagde: „Jeg bor jo som udlænding i et fremmed land.” 23 Nogen tid efter døde den egyptiske konge, men israelitterne stønnede stadig under det hårde slavearbejde. De råbte i fortvivlelse til Gud, 24 og han hørte deres klage. Han havde jo givet sit løfte om velsignelse og hjælp til Abraham, Isak og Jakob. 25 Gud så på israelitternes situation og havde dyb medfølelse med dem.

King James Version

1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly 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 it in the flags by the river' 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 herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river' 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 one of the Hebrews'children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh' 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' daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child' mother. 9 And Pharaoh' daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh' 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 was no 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' 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 that ye are come so soon to day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye 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 him a 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 .