![]() She asked one of her servants to go get it. While she was swimming she noticed a basket floating in the river. Pharaoh's daughter had come to the river for a swim. She placed the basket in some tall grass, or reeds, in the Nile river.īaby Moses had a sister named Miriam, and she watched from a distance to see what would happen to her baby brother. So his mother coated a basket to keep Moses safe and dry and placed him in the basket. They hid Moses for three months, but as he got older it became harder to hide him. When they had a baby boy (whose name would later be Moses) they decided to hide him, so he would not be killed. If any boys were born to the Israelites he would have them killed.Īt this time there was an Israelite couple who was expecting a baby. The Israelites families were getting bigger so he decided to make a law to try and control the population. But Pharaoh was still worried about how many Israelites there were. They had to work very hard and were not treated well by the Egyptian people. So he decided to make all the Israelites slaves. ![]() He didn't like it that there were so many Israelites and he thought they would one day take over the land. Soon there were a lot of Israelites living in Egypt.Ī new king who was called Pharaoh came into power in Egypt. The Israelites had children and then their children had children. (Remember, Jacob's 12 sons made up the different tribes of Israel.) They moved to Egypt during the famine after Joseph had saved food during the years of plenty. Joseph's family was called Israelites or Hebrews. ![]()
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