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New King James Version (NKJV)

Exodus 2
⁸ And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, "Go." So the maiden went and called the child’s mother.
⁹ Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.
¹⁰ And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, "Because I drew him out of the water."
¹¹ Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
¹² So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
¹³ And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, "Why are you striking your companion?"
¹⁴ Then he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" So Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!"
¹⁵ When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill 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 they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
¹⁷ Then the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
¹⁸ When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?"