Shemot, שְׁמוֹת

Passages

Torah: Exodus 1:18 - 2:10
Gospel: Mark 1:9 - 1:13

Torah — Exodus 1:18 - 2:10

1:18 And the king of Egypt summoned the midwives, and he said to them, “Why have you done this thing and let the boys live?”

1:19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, because they are vigorous; before the midwife comes to them, they have given birth.”

1:20 And God did the midwives good, and the Israelite people became many and were very numerous.

1:21 And so because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

1:22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you will throw into the Nile, and every daughter you will let live.”

2:1 The Birth and Early Life of Moses And a man from the family of Levi went, and he took a descendent of Levi.

2:2 And the woman conceived, and she gave birth to a son, and she saw him, that he was a fine baby, and she hid him three months.

2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.

2:4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.

2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to wash at the Nile, while her maidservants were walking alongside the Nile, and she saw the basket in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her slave woman for it and took it

2:6 and opened it and saw him—the boy—and it was a lad weeping, and she had compassion for him and said, “This must be from the boys of the Hebrews.”

2:7 And his sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Shall I go and call for you a woman from the Hebrews who is nursing so that she will nurse the boy for you?”

2:8 And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Go.” And the girl went, and she called the mother of the boy.

2:9 And the daughter of Pharaoh said, “Take this boy and nurse him for me, and I myself will give you wages, and the woman took the boy, and she nursed him.

2:10 And the boy grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son, and she called his name Moses, and she said, “Because I drew him out from the water.”

1:18 Then the king of Egypt sent for the women. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

1:19 The women answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like the women of Egypt. They are strong. They have their babies before we get there.”

1:20 So God was kind to Shiphrah and Puah. And the people of Israel increased their numbers more and more.

1:21 Shiphrah and Puah had respect for God. So he gave them families of their own.

1:22 Then Pharaoh gave an order to all of his people. He said, “You must throw every baby boy into the Nile River. But let every baby girl live.”

2:1 Moses Is Born A man and a woman from the tribe of Levi got married.

2:2 She became pregnant and had a son by him. She saw that her baby was a fine child. So she hid him for three months.

2:3 After that, she couldn’t hide him any longer. So she got a basket that was made out of the stems of tall grass. She coated it with tar. Then she placed the child in it. She put the basket in the tall grass that grew along the bank of the Nile River.

2:4 The child’s sister wasn’t very far away. She wanted to see what would happen to him.

2:5 Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile River to take a bath. Her attendants were walking along the bank of the river. She saw the basket in the tall grass. So she sent her female slave to get it.

2:6 When she opened it, she saw the baby. He was crying. She felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

2:7 Then his sister spoke to Pharaoh’s daughter. She asked, “Do you want me to go and get one of the Hebrew women? She could nurse the baby for you.”

2:8 “Yes. Go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.

2:9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby. Nurse him for me. I’ll pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him.

2:10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter. And he became her son. She named him Moses. She said, “I pulled him out of the water.”

Gospel — Mark 1:9 - 1:13

1:9 The Baptism of Jesus And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

1:10 And immediately as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.

1:11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

1:12 The Temptation of Jesus And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

1:13 And he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

Passages

Torah — Exodus 1:18 - 2:10

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Gospel — Mark 1:9 - 1:13

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