007:014 Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his family, numbering seventy-five persons, to come to him, 007:015 and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers, 007:016 and they were taken to Shechem and were laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of money paid in silver. 007:017 "But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt, 007:018 until there arose a foreign king over Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph. 007:019 He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live. 007:020 At this time Moses was born--a wonderfully beautiful child; and for three months he was cared for in his father's house. 007:021 At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son. 007:022 So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements. 007:023 "And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel. 007:024 Seeing one of them wrongfully treated he took his part, and secured justice for the ill-treated man by striking down the Egyptian. 007:025 He supposed his brethren to be aware that by him God was sending them deliverance; this, however, they did not understand. 007:026 The next day, also, he came and found two of them fighting, and he endeavoured to make peace between them. "`Sirs,' he said, `you are brothers. Why are you wronging one another?' 007:027 "But the man who was doing the wrong resented his interference, and asked, "`Who appointed you magistrate and judge over us? 007:028 Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' 007:029 "Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons. 007:030 "But at the end of forty years there appeared to him in the Desert of Mount Sinai an angel in the middle of a flame of fire in a bush. 007:031 When Moses saw this he wondered at the sight; but on his going up to look further, the voice of the Lord was heard, saying, 007:032 "`I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' "Quaking with fear Moses did not dare gaze. 007:033 "`Take off your shoes,' said the Lord, `for the spot on which you are standing is holy ground.