17. “But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt
18. until there arose over Egypt another king who did not know Joseph.
19. He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.
20. At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God’s sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house,
21. and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
22. And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
23. “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24. And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
25. He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.