Lawe ihola o ʻAmerama iā Iokebeda, i ke kaikuahine o kona makua kāne, i wahine nāna; a hānau maila nāna ʻo ʻAʻarona lāua ʻo Mose; a ʻo nā makahiki o ko ʻAmerama ola ʻana, hoʻokahi haneri me kanakolukumamāhiku nā makahiki.
A ʻo ka inoa o ka wahine a ʻAmerama, ʻo ia ʻo Iokebeda, ke kaikamahine a Levi, ka mea i hānau na Levi ma ʻAigupita; nāna nō i hānau na ʻAmerama ʻo ʻAʻarona lāua ʻo Mose, a me Miriama ko lāua kaikuahine.
“No nā mea maikaʻi o ka honua, a me kona mea i piha ai, No ka lokomaikaʻi o ka mea i noho ai ma ka lāʻau. E hiki mai ia ma luna o ke poʻo o Iosepa, A ma luna hoʻi o ka piko poʻo o ka mea i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e kona poʻe hoahānau.
Ma ka manaʻoʻiʻo i hūnā ʻia ai ʻo Mose i nā malama ʻekolu e kona mau mākua ma hope iho o kona hānau ʻana, no ko lāua ʻike ʻana he keiki maikaʻi ia; ʻaʻole hoʻi lāua i makaʻu i ke kauoha a ke aliʻi.
Kiʻi akula ia, a lawe mai iā ia. He ʻehu, he nani kona mau maka, he maikaʻi ke nānā aku. ʻŌlelo mai ʻo Iēhova, “E kū aʻe ʻoe, a e poni iā ia; no ka mea, ʻo ia nō ia!”