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A certain man in the house of Levi married a Levite woman. They had a healthy son and she was successful in keeping him hidden for three months but then fearful for his life she placed him in a basket which she had made waterproof with pitch. His oldest sister kept a careful eye from a distance. The Pharaoh's daughter spotted the baby and heard him cry. She was moved to pity and the baby's sister then approached asking if she would like a Hebrew woman to nurse him. The daughter agreed and said she would repay the kindness, so the sister of Moses ran to get their mother. The Pharaoh's daughter named him Moses meaning drawn from the water.
After Moses had grown and was educated in the palace, he was traveling one day in Midian and witnessed one of his kinsmen being oppressed and assaulted. He killed the oppressor and hid him in the sand. The following day he say two of his kinsmen fighting against one another and reprimanded them. One asked if he would kill them as he had the other man. He then became fearful that others must know and actually the Pharaoh did know and was looking for him to put him to death. He decided to stay in Midian and not return to the palace.
In the land of Midian he was seated by the well when 7 daughters were trying to water their father's flock when some shepherds gave them a hard time. He helped them and watered their flock for them. That night they returned earlier than normal and their father asked them why so they told him and he asked them to bring the man home. He invited Moses to live with them and to wed his daughter Zipporah. She bore him a son.
The Israelites prayed daily for relief from their oppression and though the current king died the next one was no better.
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