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[1]And there went a man out of the house of Leui, and toke to wyfe a daughter of Leui
[2]And the wyfe conceaued and bare a sonne: and when she sawe that it was a proper childe, she hyd him three monethes
[3]And when she coulde no longer hyde hym, she toke a basket [made] of bull russhes, and dawbed it with slyme and pitche, and layed the chylde therein, and put it in the flagges by the riuers brink
[4]And his sister stoode a farre of, to wit what woulde come of it
[5]And the daughter of Pharao came downe to wasshe her selfe in the ryuer, and her maydens walked along by the ryuers syde: And when she sawe the basket among the flagges, she sent her mayde to fetch it
[6]And when she had opened it, she sawe it was a chylde: and beholde, the babe wept. And she had compassion on it, and sayde: it is one of the Hebrues chyldren
[7]Then sayde his sister to Pharaos daughter: shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrues women, to nurse thee the chylde
[8]Pharaos daughter aunswered her: go. And the mayde ranne and called the chyldes mother
[9]To whom Pharaos daughter sayde: Take this chylde away, and nurse it for me, and I wyll rewarde thee. And the woman toke the chylde, & nursed it vp
[10]The chylde grewe, and she brought it vnto Pharaos daughter, and it was made her sonne. And she called ye name of it Moyses: because [sayde she] I toke hym out of the water
[11]And in those dayes, when Moyses was waxed great, he went out vnto his brethren, & loked on their burdens, and spyed an Egyptian smytyng an Hebrue which was one of his brethren
[12]And he loked rounde about, and when he sawe no man by, he slewe the Egyptian, and hyd hym in the sande
[13]And when he was gone out another day, beholde, two men of the Hebrues stroue together: And he saide vnto him that dyd the wrong, Wherefore smytest thou thy felowe
[14]He aunswered: Who made thee a man of aucthoritie and a iudge ouer vs? intendest thou to kyll me, as thou kylledst the Egyptian? And Moyses feared and sayde: Of a suretie this thyng is knowen
[15]And Pharao heard of it, and went about to slaye Moyses. And Moyses fleyng from the face of Pharao, dwelt in the lande of Madian: and he sate downe by the welles syde
[16]The priest of Madian had vij. daughters, which came and drewe [water] and filled the troughes for to water their fathers sheepe
[17]And the shepheardes came and droue them away: but Moyses stoode vp and helped them, and watred their sheepe
[18]And when they came to Raguel their father, he sayde: Howe came it to passe that ye are come so soone to day
[19]And they aunswered: A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the handes of the shepheardes, and so drewe vs water, and watered the sheepe
[20]He saide vnto his daughters: & where is he? why haue ye so left the man? Call hym, that he may eate bread
[21]And Moyses was content to dwell with the man: & he gaue Moyses Sephora his daughter
[22]Which bare him a sonne, and he called his name Gershom: For he saide, I haue ben a straunger in a straunge land
[23]And in processe of tyme the kyng of Egypt dyed, and the chyldren of Israel syghed by the reason of bondage, and cryed
[24]And their complaynt came vp vnto God from the bondage: and God heard their mone, and God remembred his couenaunt with Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob
[25]And God loked vpon the chyldren of Israel, and God had respecte vnto them
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