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And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and it came to pass that Levi grew even to the one hundred thirty and seventh degree.
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And the sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi, according to the genealogies.
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And the sons of Kohath were Amrama, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and Kohath grew to the one hundred thirty and third degree.
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And the sons of Merari were Mahali and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
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¶ And it came to pass that Amram, a man of the house of Levi, took him Yochebeda, the sister of his father and a daughter of Levi, to wife;
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And the womana conceived and bore a daughter before the charge of Pharaoh, and they did name her Miriamb, for bitter were the days of Israel.
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And it came to pass that Amram did know his wife, Yochebed, again, and she conceived and bore a son in the same yeara as the charged of Pharaoh unto the midwives,
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And they did name him Aarona, for Israel did need strength; for Pharaoh had begun to spill the blood of Israel.
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¶ And it came to pass that Miriam grew, and was filled with the breatha of Ha’Elohimb; and it came to pass that she dreamed a dream,
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And in it she did see the malaka, Hanielb, clothed in fine linen, and he spoke unto her, saying: Speak unto thy father and thy mothers, saying: I am coming, and shall be born unto them,
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And I shall come out of the watersa, and wonders and miracles shall I perform in the name of El Elyonb, that Israel should be free.
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And in the morning she did prophecy and say unto all those in the house of her father: A son shall be born unto this house, and behold! He shall deliver Israel from out of Egypt!
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And her father, Amram, feared this saying: The Egyptians should hear this! and he forbid it; but her mother, Yochebed, she did carry these words in her heart.
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¶ And it came to pass that Amram did know his wife, Yochebed, again, and she conceived and bore a son, and they did not name him, but when she saw him, that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
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And when it was that Yochebed could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the brink of the river.
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And his sister, Miriam, stood afar off to know what would be done to him, for she did remember the words given her by Ha’Elohima.
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¶ And it came to pass that the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side;
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And when the daughter of Pharaoh saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maidservant to fetch it.
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And when she had opened it, she saw the child; and behold, the babe wept.
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And she had compassion on the boy, saying: This is one of the Hebrew children.
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Then Miriam, the sister of Moses stood up, and revealed herself, saying to the daughter of the Pharaoh: Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
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And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: Go.
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And Miriam did go and called upon their mother, Yochebed.
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And the daughter of Pharaoh said unto the mother of the boy: Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
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And Yochebed did take her child and nursed him.
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¶ And it came to pass that the child grew, and Yochebed brought him unto the daughter of the Pharaoh; and he became her son.
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And she called his name Mosesa; and she said: Because I drew him out of the water; but she knew not that this was even as his fathers, Jacob and Joseph, and his sister, Miriam, had prophesied.
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And Moses was even as a prince in Egypt, and learned all of the ways of the Egyptians, even unto the ways of battles and he was a leader of armies;
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And so it was that Moses was trusted by Pharaoh, because of his love for his daughter:
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Yet Moses too was taught also by his mother, in all the ways of Israel.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Moses was grown, he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
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And Moses 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.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Moses 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?
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And he said: Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Intendest thou to kill me as thou killedsta the Egyptian?
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And Moses feared and said: Surely this thing is known.
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And when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses did flee from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and there he did dwell by a well.
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Now Jethroa, the High Priest of El Elyonb in Midian, had seven daughters; and they came, and drew water, and filled the troughs to water the flock of their father;
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And when the shepherds came in and began to drive them away, Moses arose and helped them, and he did water their flock.
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And when the daughters came to Reuela, Jethro, their father, he said: How is it that ye are come so soon today?
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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.
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And Jethro did say unto his daughters: And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man behind? Call on him, that he may eat bread.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporaha, his daughter, the High Priestess, in marriage.
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¶ And it came to pass that Zipporah bore a son; and they called his name Gershoma, said Moses: I have been a stranger in a strange land.
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¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died; and Israel sighed by reason of the bondage; and they cried, and their cry came up unto Ha’Elohim by reason of the bondage.
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And Elohima heard their groaning, and YHVHb did remember His Covenant with the fathers of Israel; even with Abraham, and with Isaac, and with Jacob:
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And Ha’Elohim looked upon the children, and YHVH acknowledged them.