16. From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17. "But as the time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
18. until there arose another king over Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.
19. It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.
20. It was at this time that Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home.
21. And after he had been set outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.