20. During this time Moses was born. He was a very beautiful child, and for three months his parents took care of him in their home.
21. Then when they were forced to leave him outside, the king's daughter found him and raised him as her own son.
22. Moses was given the best education in Egypt. He was a strong man and a powerful speaker.
23. When Moses was forty years old, he wanted to help the Israelites because they were his own people.
24. One day he saw an Egyptian ill-treating one of them. So he rescued the man and killed the Egyptian.
25. Moses thought the rest of his people would realize that God was going to use him to set them free. But they didn't understand.
26. The next day Moses saw two of his own people fighting, and he tried to make them stop. He said, “Men, you are both Israelites. Why are you so cruel to each other?”
27. But the man who had started the fight pushed Moses aside and asked, “Who made you our ruler and judge?
28. Are you going to kill me, just as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?”
29. When Moses heard this, he ran away to live in the country of Midian. His two sons were born there.
30. Forty years later, an angel appeared to Moses from a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31. Moses was surprised by what he saw. He went closer to get a better look, and the Lord said,
32. “I am the God who was worshipped by your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses started shaking all over and didn't dare to look at the bush.