The children of Israel ultimately remained in the land of Egypt for a far longer period of time than they had anticipated. They had been living in the region for almost 400 years. And their journey to Egypt ultimately turned out to be quite beneficial for them. During the years when they were starving and in desperate need, it saved their lives. After the difficult years were through, they discovered that the soil in the country of Goshen, which was the region of Egypt in which they were living at the time, was exceptionally fertile, allowing them to reap three or four harvests each year.

The children of Israel had also started, prior to their migration to Egypt, to wed women from the country of Canaan, who worshipped idols rather than the Lord. If they had remained there, their children would have become adults similar to the people around them, and they would have quickly lost all knowledge of God.

But in Goshen, they led solitary lives, isolated from the rest of the Egyptian population. They were forbidden to worship the gods of Egypt and instead focused their devotion on the Lord God. And in that area, as the years passed, they moved from being seventy individuals to having a large population. Joseph was the father of two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were named after his two sons. Each of Jacob’s twelve sons went on to establish their own tribe.

Because the Egyptians were so grateful to Joseph for rescuing them from the famine that they had been experiencing, they treated the Israelites with kindness for as long as Joseph was alive and for some time after his death as well. But after a considerable amount of time, a new king came to reign over Egypt. This new monarch did not care about Joseph or the people of Joseph. He noticed that there were a great number of Israelites, which was the name given to the children of Israel, and he was afraid that they would soon surpass the Egyptians both in terms of their population and their level of power.

He addressed his people and said: “Let us implement more stringent rules for these Israelites.” “They are getting to be too powerful.”

After that, they imposed severe regulations on the Israelites and placed great burdens on their shoulders. They forced the Israelites to work hard for the Egyptians, construct buildings for the Egyptians, and hand over a significant portion of the harvest from their fields to the Egyptians. They put them to work manufacturing brick and constructing storage sheds and other structures. They were so worried that the Israelites would become more numerous that they issued instructions to eliminate all of the infant male children who were born to Israelites. The infant female children of Israelites may perhaps be allowed to live.

But despite all the hatred, unfairness, and violence that was done to the people of Israel, their numbers kept growing, and they became a more important group.

One baby boy was born at this period of time; that was the worst of the Israelites’ oppression, and it was also a time when their young children were being murdered.

Because he was such a charming boy, his mother hid him away so that his enemies would not come across him. When she realized she couldn’t hide him anymore, she came up with a plan to save his life. She thought that God would help her and save her cute child.

She constructed a little box in the shape of a boat and covered it with material that prevented water from entering the container. “An ark” was the name given to this kind of watercraft when it was covered up. She was well aware that the daughter of King Pharaoh would visit the river for a bath at certain times, and as Pharaoh is the Egyptian word for king, all of the Egyptian monarchs were given the title of Pharaoh. She then put her son in the ark and let it float down the river, where the princess, who was Pharaoh’s daughter, would be able to witness it. In addition to this, she sent her own daughter, a lovely girl by the name of Miriam, who was twelve years old, to keep a constant watch. When the mother and sister watched the small boat move downstream away from them on the river, you can imagine how concerned they were.

When the daughter of Pharaoh and her attendants made their way down to the river, they came face to face with the ark as it floated on the water among the reeds. She instructed one of her servants to bring it to her so that she might examine the mysterious contents of the enigmatical box. When they opened it, there was a beautiful, tiny baby inside who immediately started wailing to be picked up.

The small one made the princess feel compassionate, and she fell in love with it right away. She referred to him as “one of the Hebrews’ offspring” in her statement. You are aware of the history behind how the Israelite children were known as Hebrews. It seemed to the daughter of Pharaoh that it would be heartless to let such a beautiful infant perish by being abandoned on the river. And just at that moment, a young girl came rushing up to her as if by mistake, and she gazed at the baby as well, and she said, “Shall I go and get some woman of the Hebrews to be a nurse to the kid for you and take care of it?”

The princess responded with a “yes.” “Will you please find a nurse for me?”

The young girl, who was Miriam, the baby’s sister, went as fast as she could and brought the baby’s own mother to the princess. The princess was very relieved to see the baby’s mother. This deed performed by Miriam demonstrated that she was an intelligent and kind young lady. The princess told the mother of the newborn kid that she should take the infant back to her house, that she would compensate her for her services, and that she should milk the child for the princess.

What a relief it was for the Hebrew mother to finally bring her kid home! Because he was under the protection of Egypt’s Princess, who was the King’s daughter, no one was able to harm her son any more.

When the infant had reached the age when he could be separated from his mother, the daughter of the pharaoh took him into her own home inside the palace. Because he was taken from the waters of the lake, she gave him the Hebrew name Moses, which may be translated as “pulled out.”

As the son of the princess, the little Hebrew boy named Moses was allowed to live in the palace with the other nobles of the nation. Because there were such knowledgeable professors there, he was able to learn far more there than he ever could have among his own people. Moses was able to obtain all of the information that the Egyptians could teach him. Our Israelite kid was growing up there, in the court of the wicked king, who had forced the Israelites, the people of God, into slavery. One day, he would be the one to set his people free!

Despite having spent his childhood among the Egyptians and acquiring their knowledge, Moses had a deep affection for his own people. They were poor, they were hated, and they were slaves, yet he loved them because they were the people who served the Lord God, whereas the Egyptians worshipped idols and animals. It was strange that such intelligent people would kneel and pray to animals like oxen, cats, and snakes in the same way that the Egyptians did.

When Moses reached adulthood, he returned to his own people, despite the possibility that he would have enjoyed more wealth and comfort living among the Egyptians. He sensed a call from God to save the Israelites from their slavery and to liberate them. However, at that point, he understood that there was nothing he could do to assist them in any way. They refused to follow him, and because the king of Egypt had become his enemy, Moses escaped Egypt and settled in a region of Arabia known as Midian. There, he served as a judge over the Israelites.

When he arrived in that region, he was tired from his long travel and was resting by a well when he saw three young ladies coming to the well to gather water for their herds of sheep. However, several tough men arrived and chased the ladies away before taking the water for themselves and their flocks. After seeing it, Moses assisted the ladies and helped them get water for themselves.

These two young ladies were sisters, and their father, Jethro, was a priest in the region of Midian. Their father was the patriarch of the family. He invited Moses to share his home with him and requested his assistance in looking after his herds of sheep. Moses remained with Jethro and wed one of Jethro’s daughters during his time there. As a result, Moses went from being a prince in the court of the king in Egypt to working as a shepherd in the desert of Midian.

However, Moses did not continue his career as a shepherd for long. While he was tending to his flock, God made his presence known to him in the form of a burning bush and instructed him to go back to Egypt and take his place as the leader of his people there. The Lord made it clear to him that the Egyptians’ cruel behavior would be met with punishment and that this would be because of the way they treated the Israelites. You may read about how magnificently God kept his promise in the book of Exodus, which is included in your Bible. After being subjected to a number of plagues, the Egyptians finally agreed and let the Israelites go. They went through a miraculous crossing of the Red Sea and then spent a considerable amount of time traveling through a desert, during which time God provided them with manna from heaven to eat each day. God also provided people with instructions to follow as a guide for their everyday lives; these commandments are known as the Ten Commandments. Despite this, they neglected the Lord to the point that they created images and worshiped them.

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