## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 2

###### Onkelos Exodus 2:1
[Onkelos Exodus 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:1)

וַאֲזַל גַבְרָא מִדְבֵית לֵוִי וּנְסִיב יָת בַּת לֵוִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man of the house of Levi went and married the daughter of Levi.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:2
[Onkelos Exodus 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:2)

וְעַדִיאַת אִתְּתָא וִילִידַת בָּר וַחֲזַת יָתֵהּ אֲרֵי טַב הוּא וְאַטְמַרְתֵּהּ תְּלָתָא יַרְחִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The woman conceived and bore a son. She saw that he was [exceptionally] good, and she kept him hidden for three months.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:3
[Onkelos Exodus 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:3)

וְלָא יְכֵילַת עוֹד לְאַטְמָרוּתֵהּ וּנְסֵיבַת לֵהּ תֵּבוּתָא דְגוֹמֶא וְחַפָּתַהּ בְּחֵמָרָא וּבְזִפְתָּא וְשַׁוִיאַת בַּהּ יָת רַבְיָא וְשַׁוִיתַהּ בְּיַעֲרָא עַל כֵּיף נַהֲרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus box and coated it with clay and tar. She placed the child in it, and placed it in the reeds near the bank of the river.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:4
[Onkelos Exodus 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:4)

וְאִתְעַתָּדַת אֲחָתֵהּ מֵרָחִיק לְמִידַע מָה יִתְעֲבֵד לֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[The child’s] sister stood herself at a distance to see what would happen to him.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:5
[Onkelos Exodus 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:5)

וּנְחָתַת בַּת פַּרְעֹה לְמִסְחֵי עַל נַהֲרָא וְעוּלֵימָתָהָא מְהַלְכָן עַל כֵּיף נַהֲרָא וַחֲזַת יָת תֵּבוּתָא בְּגוֹ יַעֲרָא וְאוֹשֵׁטַת יָת אַמְתַהּ וּנְסֵבְתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe by the river, while her maids walked along the river’s edge. She saw the box among the reeds and sent her maid and she fetched it.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:6
[Onkelos Exodus 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:6)

וּפְתָחַת וַחֲזַת יָת רַבְיָא וְהָא עוּלֵימָא בָּכֵי וְחָסַת עֲלוֹהִי וַאֲמֶרֶת מִבְּנֵי יְהוּדָאֵי הוּא דֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She opened it and saw the child, and behold a boy was crying. She took pity on it, and said, “This is one of the Hebrew boys.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:7
[Onkelos Exodus 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:7)

וַאֲמֶרֶת אֲחָתֵהּ לְבַת פַרְעֹה הַאֵיזִיל וְאִקְרֵי לִיךְ אִתְּתָא מֵינִקְתָּא מִן יְהוּדַיָתָא וְתוֹנִיק לִיךְ יָת רַבְיָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[The infant’s] sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call to you a nursing [mother] from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:8
[Onkelos Exodus 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:8)

וַאֲמֶרֶת לַהּ בַּת פַּרְעֹה אֵיזִילִי וַאֲזָלַת עוּלֶמְתָּא וּקְרַת יָת אִמֵהּ דְרַבְיָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Go,” said Pharaoh’s daughter to her. The young girl went and called the child’s mother.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:9
[Onkelos Exodus 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:9)

וַאֲמֶרֶת לַהּ בַּת פַּרְעֹה אוֹבִילִי יָת רַבְיָא הָדֵין וְאוֹנְקִיהִי לִי וַאֲנָא אֶתֵּן יָת אַגְרָךְ וּנְסֵיבַת אִתְּתָא יָת רַבְיָא וְאוֹנִקְתֵּהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her [the child’s mother], “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your fee.” The woman took the child and nursed it.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:10
[Onkelos Exodus 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:10)

וּרְבָא רַבְיָא וְאַיְתִיתֵהּ לְבַת פַּרְעֹה וַהֲוָה לָהּ לְבָר וּקְרַת שְׁמֵהּ משֶׁה וַאֲמֶרֶת אֲרֵי מִן מַיָא שְׁחַלְתֵּהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moshe, for she said, “I drew him from the water.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:11
[Onkelos Exodus 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:11)

וַהֲוָה בְּיוֹמַיָא הָאִנוּן וּרְבָא משֶׁה וּנְפַק לְוָת אַחוֹהִי וַחֲזָא בְּפָלְחַנְהוֹן וַחֲזָא גְבַר מִצְרִי מָחֵי לִגְבַר יְהוּדִי מֵאַחוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
It was in those days when Moshe was grown that he [began] to go out to his brethren, and he saw their burdens [hard labor]. [One day] he saw an Egyptian beating one of his Hebrew brethren.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:12
[Onkelos Exodus 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:12)

וְאִתְפְּנֵי לְכָא וּלְכָא וַחֲזָא אֲרֵי לֵית גַבְרָא וּמְחָא יָת מִצְרָאָה וְטַמְרֵהּ בְּחָלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [Moshe] looked all around and [when] he saw that no man was there [watching], he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:13
[Onkelos Exodus 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:13)

וּנְפַק בְּיוֹמָא תִנְיָנָא וְהָא תְּרֵין גֻבְרִין יְהוּדָאִין נָצָן וַאֲמַר לְחַיָבָא לְמָא אַתְּ מָחֵי לְחַבְרָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He went out the next day, and behold two Hebrew men were quarreling. And he said to the wicked one, “Why are you beating your friend?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:14
[Onkelos Exodus 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:14)

וַאֲמַר מָן שַׁוְיָךְ לִגְבַר רַב וְדַיָן עֲלָנָא הַלְמִקְטְלִי אַתְּ אָמַר כְּמָא דִקְטַלְתָּ יָת מִצְרָאָה וּדְחִיל משֶׁה וַאֲמַר **בְּקוּשְׁטָא** אִתְיְדַע פִּתְגָמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [the wicked one] said, “Who made you a man, officer and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Moshe was frightened, and he said, “So [**Certainly**] the matter is known.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:15
[Onkelos Exodus 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:15)

וּשְׁמַע פַּרְעֹה יָת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וּבְעָא לְמִקְטַל יָת משֶׁה וַעֲרַק משֶׁה מִן קֳדָם פַּרְעֹה וִיתֵיב בְּאַרְעָא דְמִדְיָן וִיתֵיב עַל בֵּירָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Pharaoh heard about the matter, and he planned to kill Moshe. Moshe fled from Pharaoh, and resided in the land of Midian, and he sat [lived] near the well.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:16
[Onkelos Exodus 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:16)

וּלְ**רַבָּא** דְמִדְיָן שְׁבַע בְּנָן וְאָתָאָה וּדְלָאָה וּמְלָאָה יָת רְהָטַיָא לְאַשְׁקָאָה עֲנָא דַאֲבוּהֵן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The priest [**minister**] of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water [from the well] and fill the troughs to water their father’s sheep.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:17
[Onkelos Exodus 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:17)

וַאֲתוֹ רָעַיָא וּטְרָדוּנוּן וְקָם משֶׁה וּפְרָקִנוּן וְאַשְׁקֵי יָת עַנְהֵן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Then the shepherds came and chased them away. Moshe got up and came to their aid, and then watered their sheep.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:18
[Onkelos Exodus 2:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:18)

וַאֲתָאָה לְוַת רְעוּאֵל אֲבוּהֵן וַאֲמַר מָה דֵין אוֹחִיתוּן לְמֵיתֵי יוֹמָא דֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When they came to Reu’eil, their father, he said [to them], “How did you get to come [home] so early today?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:19
[Onkelos Exodus 2:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:19)

וַאֲמָרָא גַבְרָא מִצְרָאָה שֵׁזְבָנָא מִיַד רָעַיָא וְאַף מִדְלָא דְלָא לָנָא וְאַשְׁקֵי יָת עָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said, “An Egyptian rescued us from the hand of the shepherds; and he also drew [water] for us, and watered the sheep.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:20
[Onkelos Exodus 2:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:20)

וַאֲמַר לִבְנָתֵיהּ וְאָן הוּא לְמָא דְנַן שְׁבַקְתִּין יָת גַבְרָא קְרַן לֵהּ וְיֵכוּל לַחְמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why did you abandon the man? Call him and let him eat bread.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:21
[Onkelos Exodus 2:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:21)

וּצְבִי משֶׁה לְמִיתַב עִם גַבְרָא וִיהַב יָת צִפּוֹרָה בְרַתֵּהּ לְמשֶׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe agreed to reside with the man, and he gave Moshe his daughter Tzipporah.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:22
[Onkelos Exodus 2:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:22)

וִילִדַת בַּר וּקְרָא יָת שְׁמֵהּ גֵרְשֹׁם אֲרֵי אֲמַר דַיָר הֲוֵיתִי בְּאַרַע נוּכְרָאָה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When she gave birth to a son, he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a foreigner in a strange land.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:23
[Onkelos Exodus 2:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:23)

וַהֲוָה בְּיוֹמַיָא סַגִיאַיָא הָאִנוּן וּמִית מַלְכָּא דְמִצְרַיִם וְאִתְנָחוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן פָּלְחָנָא **דַהֲוָה קְשֵׁי עֲלֵיהוֹן** וּזְעִיקוּ וּסְלֵיקָת קְבֶלְתְּהוֹן **לָקֳדָם** יְיָ מִן פָּלְחָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A long time passed and the king of Egypt died. The B’nei Yisrael moaned because of their enslavement [**which was hard upon them**], and they cried. Their plea about their enslavement went up to [**before**] God.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:24
[Onkelos Exodus 2:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:24)

**וּשְׁמִיעַ קֳדָם יְיָ** יָת קְבֶלְתְּהוֹן וּדְכִיר יְיָ יָת קַיָמֵהּ דְעִם אַבְרָהָם דְעִם יִצְחָק וּדְעִם יַעֲקֹב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim heard their groaning [**was heard before Elohim**] and Elohim remembered His covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchok and with Yaakov.


###### Onkelos Exodus 2:25
[Onkelos Exodus 2:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/2:25)

**וּגְלִי קְדָם יְיָ שִׁעְבּוּדָא** דִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל **וַאֲמַר בְּמֵימְרֵהּ לְמִפְרַקְהוֹן** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim saw [**The enslavement of**] the B’nei Yisrael [**became revealed before Elohim**], and Elohim took knowledge of them [**said with His Word that He would deliver them**].