16. and they were brought over to Sheḵem and laid in the tomb that Aḇraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Ḥamor, the father of Sheḵem.
17. “But as the time of the promise drew near which Elohim had sworn to Aḇraham, the people increased and multiplied in Mitsrayim
18. until another sovereign arose who did not know Yosĕph.
19. “Having dealt treacherously with our race, this one mistreated our fathers, making them expose their babies, so that they should not live.
20. “At that time Mosheh was born, and he was well-pleasing to Elohim. And he was reared three months in the house of his father.
21. “But when he was exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and reared him as her own son.
22. “And Mosheh was instructed in all the wisdom of the Mitsrites, and was mighty in words and works.
23. “And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Yisra’ĕl.
24. “And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended and revenged him who was oppressed, smiting the Mitsrite.