A man of the house of Levi went and married the daughter of Levi.

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

And there went a man from the house of Levi and took the daughter of Levi [after he had separated from her because of Pharaoh's decree (to drown the males)].

The woman conceived and bore a son. She saw that he was [exceptionally] good, and she kept him hidden for three months.

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

And the woman conceived and bore a son, and she saw that he was good, [the house being filled with light at his birth], and she hid him for three months.

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.

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him a box made of papyrus, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child in it; and she laid it in the rushes by the River’s brink.

And she could conceal him no longer, and she took for him a reed casque [resistant to hard and soft], and she coated it with loam [on the inside] and with pitch [on the outside, so that "that tzaddik" not smell the foul odor of the pitch], and she put the child in it, and she placed it in the rushes by the banks of the Nile.

[The child’s] sister stood herself at a distance to see what would happen to him.

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

And his sister stood from afar to know what would be done with him.

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.

And the daughter of Par῾o came down to wash herself at the River; and her maidens walked along by the River’s side; and when she saw the box among the rushes, she sent her maid to fetch it.

And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to the Nile to bathe, and her maidens walked by the riverside, and she saw the casque in the midst of the rushes, and she sent her handmaid and she took it.

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.”

And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, a weeping boy. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

And she opened it and she saw the child, and, behold, a youth crying [(His voice was as that of a youth)] and she pitied him and she said: This is one of the Hebrew children.

[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?”

Then said his sister to Par῾o’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Par῾o’s daughter said to her, Go.

And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter: Shall I go and call for you a Hebrew nursing woman to nurse the child for you? [many Egyptian women having attempted to nurse him — without success (Moses being destined to speak with the Shechinah)].

“Go,” said Pharaoh’s daughter to her. The young girl went and called the child’s mother.

And the maid went and called the child’s mother.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: Go. And the maiden went [She went with alacrity, like a youth], and she called the child's mother.

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.

And Par῾o’s daughter said to 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.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: Take [Heilichi (hei lichi — "This is yours," an unwitting prophecy)] this child and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wage. And the woman took the child and she nursed it.

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.”

And the child grew, and she brought him to Par῾o’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moshe: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

And the child grew, and she brought it to Pharaoh's daughter, and he was a son to her. And she called his name Mosheh, saying: "For out of the water did I take him" (meshithihu)].

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.

And it came to pass in those days, when Moshe was grown, that he went out to his brothers, and looked on their burdens: and he noticed a Miżrian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

And it was in those days that Moses grew [in greatness, Pharaoh appointing him over his house], and he went out to his brothers and he saw [i.e., he took to heart] their toils, and he saw an Egyptian man [an overseer] striking a Hebrew man [an officer] of his brothers.

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.

And he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Miżrian, and hid him in the sand.

And he turned here and there and he saw that there was no man [destined to issue from the Egyptian as a proselyte], and he smote the Egyptian and he buried him in the sand.

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?”

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why dost thou smite thy fellow?

And he went out on the second day, and, behold, two Hebrew men [Dathan and Aviram] quarreling, and he said to the wicked one ["wicked" by reason of lifting his hand to strike]: Why would you strike your fellow [your "fellow" in wickedness]?

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 the matter is known.”

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? dost thou intend to kill me, as thou didst kill the Miżrian? And Moshe feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

And he said: Who made you a man [(when you are yet a youth)], an officer and a judge over us? Would you speak [the Ineffable Name] to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses was afraid, and he said: In truth, the thing has become known.

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.

Now when Par῾o heard this thing, he sought to slay Moshe. But Moshe fled from before Par῾o and dwelt in the land of Midyan: and he sat down by a well.

And Pharaoh heard this thing [through Dathan and Aviram], and he sought to kill Moses [He handed him over to the executioner, but the sword did not prevail against him (see 18:4)], and Moses fled from Pharaoh, and he abode in the land of Midian, and he sat at the well, [patterning himself after Jacob, who found his match thereby].

The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water [from the well] and fill the troughs to water their father’s sheep.

Now the priest of Midyan had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

And the priest of Midian [the chief among them (who had given up idolatry)] had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and they filled up the trough to give their father's flock to drink.

Then the shepherds came and chased them away. Moshe got up and came to their aid, and then watered their sheep.

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moshe stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

And the shepherds came and drove them away [because of the ban (on their father)], and Moses arose and he rescued them, and he gave their flock to drink.

When they came to Reu’eil, their father, he said [to them], “How did you get to come [home] so early today?”

And when they came to Re῾u᾽el their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon today?

And they came to Reuel their father, and he said: Why did you hasten to come today?

They said, “An Egyptian rescued us from the hand of the shepherds; and he also drew [water] for us, and watered the sheep.”

And they said, A Miżrian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

And they said: An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he also drew water for us, and he gave the flock to drink.

He said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why did you abandon the man? Call him and let him eat bread.”

And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why is it that you have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

And he said to his daughters: And where is he? Why did you leave the man? Call him and let him eat bread. [Perhaps he will marry one of you.]

Moshe agreed to reside with the man, and he gave Moshe his daughter Tzipporah.

And Moshe was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moshe Żippora his daughter.

And Moses consented to remain with the man, and he gave Tzipporah his daughter to Moses (as a wife).

When she gave birth to a son, he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a foreigner in a strange land.”

And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

And she bore a son and he called his name Gershom. For he said: I was a stranger (ger) in a foreign land.

A long time passed and the king of Egypt died. The B’nei Yisrael moaned because of their enslavement, and they cried. Their plea about their enslavement went up to God.

And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Miżrayim died: and the children of Yisra᾽el sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry rose up to God by reason of the bondage.

And it was in the course of those many days [when Moses was in Midian] that the king of Egypt died [(He was stricken with leprosy, tantamount to death, and slaughtered Jewish infants and bathed in their blood)], and the children of Israel moaned under the toil, and they cried out, and their outcry ascended to G-d from the toil.

Elohim heard their groaning and Elohim remembered His covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchok and with Yaakov.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Avraham, with Yiżĥaq, and with Ya῾aqov.

And G-d heard their outcry, and G-d remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Elohim saw the B’nei Yisrael, and Elohim took knowledge of them.

And God looked upon the children of Yisra᾽el, and God apprehended.

And G-d saw the children of Israel, and G-d knew [i.e., He "took it to heart."]