Exodus 2:11

When Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard work. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his own people.

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And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

In Context

10When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and said, “Because I drew him from the water.”

12He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one there, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:11So they put taskmasters over them to oppress them with hard labor. The Israelites built store cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Rameses.

Exodus 5:9Increase the workload for the men so that they keep at it and pay no more attention to deceptive words.”

Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I choose: 1 To release wicked bonds, to undo the ropes of the yoke, 1 to set the crushed ones free, and to break every yoke? 1

Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, 1 because he anointed me to tell good news to the poor. 1 He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives, 1 and recovery of sight to the blind, 1 to set free those who are oppressed, 1

Hebrews 11:24It was by faith that Moses, after he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:6-11

The Deliverance of Moses. ( b. c. 1571.) 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the… Read the whole commentary →

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