6 [7:11]And there came a famine on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no provisions. [7:12]But Jacob hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent our fathers the first time; [7:13]and the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh. [7:14]And Joseph sent and called for his father Jacob, and all the family of seventy-five souls. [7:15]And Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, he and our fathers; [7:16]and they carried him back to Shechem and buried him in the tomb which Abraham bought for money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem. 7 [7:17]But when the time of the promise which God made with an oath to Abraham was at hand, the people increased and became numerous in Egypt, [7:18]till another king arose who knew not Joseph. [7:19]This [king] dealt deceitfully with our race, and treated injuriously our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed that they might not be preserved alive. 8 [7:20]At that time Moses was born, and was beautiful in the sight of God, and was nourished three months in his father's house; [7:21]but being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and nourished him as her own son. [7:22]And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works. [7:23]And when he was forty years old, it came into his mind to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. [7:24]And seeing one injured he defended him, and executed judgment for the oppressed, smiting the Egyptian. [7:25]And he thought his brothers would understand that God would give them salvation by his hand; but they understood not. 9 [7:26]On the following day also he showed himself to them as they contended, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why do you injure one another? [7:27]But he that injured his neighbor repelled him, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? [7:28]Will you kill me as you did the Egyptian, yesterday? [7:29]And Moses fled at that saying, and lived a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. 10 [7:30]And forty years being completed there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush. [7:31]And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight; and coming near to look at it, there was a voice of the Lord, [7:32]I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And Moses being afraid dared not look at it. [7:33]And the Lord said to him, Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy ground. [7:34]I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them; and now come, I will send you to Egypt.