Exodus 2:10-12

Contemporary English Version

^10 (A) And when he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses^[a] because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”

Moses Escapes from Egypt

^11 (B)(C) After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were hard at work, and he saw an Egyptian beating one of them. ¹² Moses looked around to see if anyone was watching, then he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.