17. “When the time that God had promised to Abraham had almost come, the number of our people in Egypt had grown very large.
18. Then a different king, who knew nothing about Joseph, began to rule in Egypt.
19. This king was shrewd in the way he took advantage of our people. He mistreated our ancestors. He made them abandon their newborn babies outdoors, where they would die.
20. “At that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful child. His parents took care of him for three months.
21. When Moses was abandoned outdoors, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and raised him as her son.
22. So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in what he said and did.
23. When he was 40 years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.