⁶ And ^(A)Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. ^7 (B)But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and ^[a]grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

⁸ Now there arose a new king over Egypt, ^(C)who did not know Joseph. ⁹ And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and ^(D)mightier than we; ^10 (E)come, let us ^(F)deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.”

²² So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, ^(A)“Every son who is ^[a]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

Moses Is Born^(B)

2 And ^(C)a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. ² So the woman conceived and bore a son. And ^(D)when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. ³ But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of ^(E)bulrushes for him, daubed it with ^(F)asphalt and ^(G)pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds ^(H)by the river’s bank. ^4 (I)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

⁵ Then the ^(J)daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. ⁶ And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”