13. On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.
14. Joseph sent and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15. Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers,
16. and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
17. “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18. until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.
19. The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
20. At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
21. When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
22. Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23. But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24. Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25. He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.