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모세의 출생

이때 레위 지파의 한 남자가 같은 지파의 어떤 여자와 결혼하였다.

그녀가 임신하여 아들을 낳았는데 그녀는 그 아이가 아주 예쁜 것을 보고 석 달 동안 그를 숨겨 오다가

더 이상 숨길 수가 없어서 갈대 상자를 구해 물이 새지 않도록 역청과 나무 진을 칠하고 아이를 담아 그 상자를 나일 강변의 갈대 사이에 두었다.

그리고 그 누이는 그 아이가 어떻게 되는지 보려고 멀리 서서 지켜 보고 있었다.

그때 마침 바로의 딸이 목욕을 하려고 강으로 내려왔으며 그녀의 시녀들은 강변을 거닐고 있었다. 공주가 갈대 사이에 있는 그 상자를 보고 시녀를 보내 그것을 가져오게 하였다.

그런데 그 상자를 열어 보니 그 속에 아이가 들어 있지 않겠는가! 아이가 울자 공주는 그를 측은하게 생각하며 “히브리 사람의 아이구나!” 하였다.

그때 그 아이의 누이가 바로의 딸에게 “내가 가서 히브리 여자 중에 유모를 불러다가 공주님을 위해 그 아이를 양육하게 할까요?” 하고 묻자

공주는 그녀에게 “좋다. 가서 유모를 데려오너라” 하고 대답하였다. 그 소녀가 가서 그 아이의 어머니를 데려오자

공주는 그녀에게 “이 아이를 데려다가 나를 위해 젖을 먹여라. 내가 그 삯을 주겠다” 하였다. 그래서 그녀는 그 아이를 데려다가 양육하였다.

10 그 아이가 제법 자랐을 때 그를 바로의 딸에게 데리고 가자 공주는 그를 양자로 삼고 “내가 그를 물에서 건져내었다” 하고 그 이름을 [a]모세라고 지었다.

미디안으로 도망치는 모세

11 모세는 성장한 후에 어느 날 자기 백성들이 있는 곳으로 가서 그들이 고된 노동을 하고 있는 것을 지켜 보던 중에 한 이집트 사람이 자기 민족인 히브리 사람을 치는 것을 목격하였다.

12 그때 모세는 좌우로 살펴 사람이 없는 것을 보고 그 이집트 사람을 쳐죽여 시체를 모래 속에 감추어 버렸다.

13 다음날 그가 다시 나가 보니 두 히브리 사람이 서로 싸우고 있었다. 그래서 그는 잘못한 사람에게 “어째서 당신은 동족을 치시오?” 하고 꾸짖었다.

14 그러자 그 사람은 “누가 당신을 우리의 지도자와 재판관으로 세웠소? 당신이 이집트 사람을 죽인 것처럼 나도 죽일 셈이오?” 하고 대들었다. 그때 모세는 두려워하며 “내가 한 일이 탄로났구나” 하고 중얼거렸다.

15 바로는 그 일을 듣고 모세를 죽이려고 하였으나 모세는 미디안 땅으로 피신하였다. 어느 날 모세가 우물가에 앉아 있을 때

16 미디안 제사장의 일곱 딸들이 와서 물을 길어 구유에 채우고 자기들 아버지의 양떼에게 물을 먹이려고 하였다.

17 그러나 이때 몇몇 목자들이 와서 제사장의 딸들을 쫓았다. 그래서 모세가 일어나 그 여자들을 돕고 그들의 양떼에게 물을 먹였다.

18 그들이 자기들 아버지 르우엘에게 돌아왔을 때 아버지가 그들에게 물었다. “오늘은 어떻게 이처럼 일찍 돌아왔느냐?”

19 “어떤 이집트 사람이 우리를 목자들에게서 지켜 주고 우리를 위해 물까지 길어 양떼에게 먹여 주었습니다.”

20 “그 사람이 어디 있느냐? 어째서 너희가 그 사람을 버려 두고 왔느냐? 그 사람을 초대하여 음식을 대접하도록 하여라.”

21 모세가 기꺼이 그 곳에 살겠다고 하자 르우엘은 그를 자기 딸 십보라와 결혼시켰다.

22 그녀가 아들을 낳았을 때 모세는 “내가 타국에서 객이 되었다” 하고 그 이름을 [b]게르솜이라고 지었다.

23 여러 해 후에 이집트 왕이 죽었으나 이스라엘 사람들은 여전히 고역으로 신음하며 부르짖었다. 그들이 부르짖는 소리가 하늘에 사무치자

24 하나님은 그들이 신음하는 소리를 들으시고 아브라함과 이삭과 야곱에게 하신 [c]약속을 기억하셔서

25 이스라엘 자손을 돌아보시고 그들에게 관심을 가지셨다.

Footnotes

  1. 2:10 ‘건져낸다’ 는 뜻.
  2. 2:22 ‘객’ 이라는뜻.
  3. 2:24 또는 ‘언약’

The Birth of Moses

Now a man of the tribe of Levi(A) married a Levite woman,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine(C) child, she hid him for three months.(D) But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(E) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(F) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(G) along the bank of the Nile. His sister(H) stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank.(I) She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”

“Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named(J) him Moses,[b] saying, “I drew(K) him out of the water.”

Moses Flees to Midian

11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people(L) were and watched them at their hard labor.(M) He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. 12 Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?”(N)

14 The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us?(O) Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill(P) Moses, but Moses fled(Q) from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian,(R) where he sat down by a well. 16 Now a priest of Midian(S) had seven daughters, and they came to draw water(T) and fill the troughs(U) to water their father’s flock. 17 Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue(V) and watered their flock.(W)

18 When the girls returned to Reuel(X) their father, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19 They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”(Y)

21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah(Z) to Moses in marriage. 22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[c](AA) saying, “I have become a foreigner(AB) in a foreign land.”

23 During that long period,(AC) the king of Egypt died.(AD) The Israelites groaned in their slavery(AE) and cried out, and their cry(AF) for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered(AG) his covenant(AH) with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned(AI) about them.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.
  2. Exodus 2:10 Moses sounds like the Hebrew for draw out.
  3. Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

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's brink.

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at 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.

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.

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?

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women 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 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'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 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.