2:1 A man and a woman of the tribe of Levi (one of the twelve tribes of Jacob) marry.
2:2 To the couple is born a beautiful son. Pharaoh's commandment that all male Israelite children be killed forces the woman to hide her son for three months.
2:3 As the child grows it becomes more difficult to hide him and so his mother builds a floating cradle for him out of bulrushes and places by in the reeds by the riverbank.
2:4 From a distance, the child's sister watches his mother and stays to see what happens with her brother. Whether or not the child realizes it, God's will is about to envelop this baby's life in his life and wielding hand. Too many of us make the mistake of forgetting that God has intricate plans for our lives even before we are born. He knows our souls even before our births on the earth; He certainly knew this particular soul. He knew that through this child, His will would manifest and rescue many of His children.
2:5 As his older sister watches, Pharaoh's daughter comes to the riverbank to bathe. She notices the basket and sends her maidservants to see what is inside.
2:6 When the basket is opened, the little child is noticed and he begins to weep. Pharaoh's daughter has compassion on the baby, his cries inducing her to care for him. This is a beautiful moment: realize that God takes care of us even when we are in our most vulnerable and helpless state. He even places compassionate souls on our path to support us and advocate for our needs when we cannot. Pharaoh's daughter deduces immediately that the child is an Israelite, left at the riverbank in a mother's attempt to save her child from premature death.
2:7 The child, another component to God's plan, suggests to Pharaoh's daughter that she find a woman who can nurse the child.
2:8 With Pharaoh's daughter's permission, the baby's sister finds her (and his) mother. This way, although the mother can no longer claim her child, she does get save his life and raise him.
2:9 And so the baby's mother becomes his wet-nurse, given payment from Pharaoh's daughter for being such.
2:10 The baby's mother takes care of him during his years as a baby and then hands him over to Pharaoh's daughter as her adopted son. She names the boy Moses, "Because I drew him out of the water." It is an interesting name for the soul within the child because Moses indeed was drawn from the water... the living water of God: destined from birth to be a prophet for this faith.
2:11 Moses grows into an adult and takes a walk through the Hebrews/Israelite's quarters. He observes their harsh conditions and even witnesses one of the men being beaten.
2:12 Indignant, Moses in an attempt to save the servant, looks over his shoulders and then kills the man who is so cruelly beating the Hebrew man. Thinking that he was unseen, Moses covers the man with sand and leaves.
2:13 The next day, Moses again journeys in the Hebrew territory. This time he observes two Hebrew men fighting each other and asks them why they are fighting. Moses is perplexed: it does not make sense to him that these two people who should be on the same team (having a common enemy) are in opposition with each other.
2:14 Moses's question is met with hostility. One of the men responds by asking Moses who gave him permission to judge them. Moreover, he tells Moses that he knows Moses killed an Egyptian man the day before. This causes Moses to panic: there were witnesses to his crime.
2:15 Pharaoh finds out about Moses killing an Egyptian and intends to have Moses himself killed as punishment. Moses flees from Pharaoh into the land of Midian and rests by a well.
2:16-17 While there, the priest of Midian's seven daughters come to the well to draw water for their flock. As they try to do so, they are bullied and forced away by some other shepherds. Moses stands up from the well to help the family water their flock. Moses reveals his character: he's inherently moved to help the mistreated.
2:18 The daughters return to their father Reuel, friend of God, in record time. Reuel asks his daughters how they returned back from watering the flock so quickly.
2:19 The daughters explain to him that an Egyptian (Moses) helped them.
2:20 The man, ecstatic, and asks his daughters why they left this man instead of inviting him back to their house out of gratitude for his help. He instructs his daughters to find him and invite him back for a meal.
2:21 Moses' compassionate act earned him a home. Reuel invites Moses to live with him and even allows Moses to marry his daughter Zipporah, beauty.
2:22 Moses and Zipporah have a child, a son. They name him Gershom, a sojourner. Moses names his child after the conditions of his life: he is a stranger in a foreign land.
2:23 Some time passes and the Pharaoh who sentenced Moses to die passes away. The cries and prayers of the children of Israel enslaved in Egypt increase: they wish to be freed.
2:24 Because they called to Him, God answered. He always answers when His children call for Him. God remembers his promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and initiates a plan to rescue the children of Israel in Egypt.
2:25 God looked upon His children and acknowledge them. Invite and allow God to look upon you, upon your life and acknowledge you. Let Him analyze your life and direct it according to His compassionate will. Allow Him to look at you, to know you... in doing so, you give him the inspiration and the materials to orchestrate your greatest happiness. By showing Him your chains you enable Him to set you free.
