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Exodus 2:11

World English Bible

In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

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Exodus 2:11 in other translations

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

Exodus 2:11 · American Standard Version

Exodus 2:11 in context

  1. 9Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.”
    The woman took the child, and nursed it.
  2. 10The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
  3. 11In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
  4. 12He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
  5. 13He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”