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But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
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The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
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At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.
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and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
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And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
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But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
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And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:
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and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
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And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
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But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?