(17)But as the time of the promise drew near, which God declared to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, (18)until another king arose who knew not Joseph. (19)He, dealing subtly with our race, afflicted our fathers, so that they should cast out their infants, that they might not be preserved alive. (20)In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair[7:20], who was nourished three months in his father's house. (21)And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for herself as a son. (22)And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. (23)And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the sons of Israel. (24)And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged the one oppressed by smiting the Egyptian. (25)For he supposed his brethren would understand, that God by his hand would deliver them; but they understood not. (26)And on the following day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying: Ye are brethren; why wrong ye one another? (27)But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? (28)Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday? (29)And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons. (30)And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of the mount Sinai an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush. (31)And Moses, seeing it, wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saving: (32)I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold. (33)And the Lord said to him: Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground. (34)Truly, I saw the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and came down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. (35)This Moses whom they denied, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him did God send as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand[7:35] of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. (36)He brought them out, working wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. (37)This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel: A Prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto. (38)This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us; (39)to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, (40)saying to Aaron: Make us gods who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.