Chapter summary

A Levite woman gives birth to a son and hides him in a papyrus basket among the reeds of the Nile when she can no longer conceal him. Pharaoh’s daughter discovers the crying infant, adopts him as her son, and names him Moses after having him nursed by his own mother through the coordination of his sister. Years later, an adult Moses kills an Egyptian taskmaster for beating a Hebrew and buries him in the sand. Upon learning that the deed is known and that Pharaoh seeks to execute him, Moses flees to Midian, where he defends the seven daughters of the local priest at a well, subsequently marries Zipporah, and has a son named Gershom. Meanwhile, the king of Egypt dies, and God hears the groaning of the enslaved Israelites, remembering His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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