17. “When the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God pledged to Abraham, the people had increased and become very numerous in Egypt,
18. until another king who knew nothing of Joseph came to power [in Egypt].
19. He dealt shrewdly with our people and oppressed [our] ancestors by forcing them to expose their infants, that they might not survive.
20. At this time Moses was born, and he was extremely beautiful. For three months he was nursed in his father’s house;