15. “And Ya‛aqoḇ went down to Mitsrayim, and died, he and our fathers,
16. and they were brought over to Sheḵem and laid in the tomb that Aḇraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Ḥamor, the father of Sheḵem.
17. “But as the time of the promise drew near which Elohim had sworn to Aḇraham, the people increased and multiplied in Mitsrayim
18. until another sovereign arose who did not know Yosĕph.
19. “Having dealt treacherously with our race, this one mistreated our fathers, making them expose their babies, so that they should not live.
20. “At that time Mosheh was born, and he was well-pleasing to Elohim. And he was reared three months in the house of his father.
21. “But when he was exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and reared him as her own son.
22. “And Mosheh was instructed in all the wisdom of the Mitsrites, and was mighty in words and works.
23. “And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Yisra’ĕl.
24. “And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended and revenged him who was oppressed, smiting the Mitsrite.
25. “And he thought that his brothers would have understood that Elohim would give deliverance to them by his hand, but they did not understand.
26. “And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and urged them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers, why do you wrong one another?’
27. “But he who was wronging his neighbour pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28. ‘Do you wish to kill me as you killed the Mitsrite yesterday?’
29. “And at this saying, Mosheh fled and became a sojourner in the land of Miḏyan, where he fathered two sons.
30. “And after forty years were completed, a Messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.
31. “And Mosheh, seeing it, marvelled at the sight, and coming near to look, the voice of יהוה came to him,
32. saying, ‘I am the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham and the Elohim of Yitsḥaq and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ.’ And Mosheh trembled and did not have the courage to look.
33. ‘But יהוה said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is set-apart ground.
34. “I have certainly seen the evil treatment of my people who are in Mitsrayim, and I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, let Me send you to Mitsrayim.” ’