| 第1段 | |
| 中文： | 有一个利未家的人娶了一个利未女子为妻。 |
| 英文： | And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. |
| 第2段 | |
| 中文： | 那女人怀孕，生一个儿子，见他俊美，就藏了他三个月， |
| 英文： | And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. |
| 第3段 | |
| 中文： | 后来不能再藏，就取了一个蒲草箱，抹上石漆和石油，将孩子放在里头，把箱子搁在河边的芦荻中。 |
| 英文： | And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. |
| 第4段 | |
| 中文： | 孩子的姊姊远远站着，要知道他究竟怎吗样。 |
| 英文： | And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. |
| 第5段 | |
| 中文： | 法老的女儿来到河边洗澡，她的使女们在河边行走。她看见箱子在芦荻中，就打发一个婢女拿来。 |
| 英文： | 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. |
| 第6段 | |
| 中文： | 她打开箱子，看见那孩子。孩子哭了，她就可怜他，说，这是希伯来人的一个孩子。 |
| 英文： | 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. |
| 第7段 | |
| 中文： | 孩子的姊姊对法老的女儿说，我去在希伯来妇人中叫一个奶妈来，为你奶这孩子，可以不可以。 |
| 英文： | 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 child for thee? |
| 第8段 | |
| 中文： | 法老的女儿说，可以。童女就去叫了孩子的母亲来。 |
| 英文： | And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. |
| 第9段 | |
| 中文： | 法老的女儿对她说，你把这孩子抱去，为我奶他，我必给你工价。妇人就抱了孩子去奶他。 |
| 英文： | And Pharaoh's daughter said unto 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. |
| 第10段 | |
| 中文： | 孩子渐长，妇人把他带到法老的女儿那里，就作了她的儿子。她给孩子起名叫摩西，意思说，因我把他从水里拉出来。 |
| 英文： | And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. |
| 第11段 | |
| 中文： | 后来，摩西长大，他出去到他弟兄那里，看他们的重担，见一个埃及人打希伯来人的一个弟兄。 |
| 英文： | 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. |
| 第12段 | |
| 中文： | 他左右观看，见没有人，就把埃及人打死了，藏在沙土里。 |
| 英文： | And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. |
| 第13段 | |
| 中文： | 第二天他出去，见有两个希伯来人争斗，就对那欺负人的说，你为什么打你同族的人呢。 |
| 英文： | And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? |
| 第14段 | |
| 中文： | 那人说，谁立你作我们的首领和审判官呢，难道你要杀我，像杀那埃及人吗。摩西便惧怕，说，这事必是被人知道了。 |
| 英文： | And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. |
| 第15段 | |
| 中文： | 法老听见这事，就想杀摩西，但摩西躲避法老，逃往米甸地居住。 |
| 英文： | Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. |
| 第16段 | |
| 中文： | 一日，他在井旁坐下。米甸的祭司有七个女儿，她们来打水，打满了槽，要饮父亲的群羊。 |
| 英文： | Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. |
| 第17段 | |
| 中文： | 有牧羊的人来，把她们赶走了，摩西却起来帮助她们，又饮了她们的群羊。 |
| 英文： | And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. |
| 第18段 | |
| 中文： | 她们来到父亲流珥那里，他说，今日你们为何来得这吗快呢。 |
| 英文： | And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? |
| 第19段 | |
| 中文： | 她们说，有一个埃及人救我们脱离牧羊人的手，并且为我们打水饮了群羊。 |
| 英文： | And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. |
| 第20段 | |
| 中文： | 他对女儿们说，那个人在哪里，你们为什么撇下他呢。你们去请他来吃饭。 |
| 英文： | And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. |
| 第21段 | |
| 中文： | 摩西甘心和那人同住，那人把他的女儿西坡拉给摩西为妻。 |
| 英文： | And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. |
| 第22段 | |
| 中文： | 西坡拉生了一个儿子，摩西给他起名叫革舜，意思说，因我在外邦作了寄居的。 |
| 英文： | And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. |
| 第23段 | |
| 中文： | 过了多年，埃及王死了。以色列人因作苦工，就叹息哀求，他们的哀声达于神。 |
| 英文： | And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. |
| 第24段 | |
| 中文： | 神听见他们的哀声，就记念他与亚伯拉罕，以撒，雅各所立的约。 |
| 英文： | And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. |
| 第25段 | |
| 中文： | 神看顾以色列人，也知道他们的苦情。 |
| 英文： | And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. |