Moses Is Born – Exodus – The Brick Bible

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Joseph died, as did his brothers and all that generation. But the Israelites who went to Egypt were fruitful and prolific. They became so numerous and powerful that eventually the whole land was full of them.

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There came to power in Egypt a new king who had never heard of Joseph who said: "We must take precautions to stop them from increasing any further, or if war should break out, they might join the ranks of our enemies, and they might take up arms against us."

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Accordingly they put taskmasters over the Israelites to wear them down by forced labor.

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Pharaoh then gave all his people this command: "Throw every new-born male into the river, but let all the girls live."

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There was a man descended from Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife. She conceived and gave birth to a son.

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And she gave birth to a son.

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Seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months.

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When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him, coating it with bitumen and pitch.

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And she put the child inside the basket and laid it amongst the reeds at the river's edge.

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His sister took up position some distance away to see what would happen to him.

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Now Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe in the river with her maids along the riverside.

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Among the reeds she noticed the basket, and she sent her maid to fetch it.

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She opened it and saw the child. The baby was crying.

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Feeling sorry for it, she said, "This is one of the little Hebrews."

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The child's sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and find a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?"

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"Yes, do that," said Pharaoh's daughter.

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And the girl went and called the child's own mother.

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Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse it for me. I shall pay you myself for doing so."

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So the woman took the child away and nursed it.

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When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter.

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And Pharaoh's daughter treated him like a son.

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She named him Moses, she said: "because I drew him out of the water."

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