The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 226
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Pharaoh, came to bathe in
the river, and she heard thy
voice crying, and she told
her maidens to bring thee
forth, and they brought thee
unto her. 6 And she took thee
out of the ark, and she had
compassion on thee.
7 And thy sister said unto her:
“Shall I go and call unto thee
one of the Hebrew women to
nurse and suckle this babe for
thee?” And she said (unto her):
“Go.” 8 And she went and
Cf. Ex. 6:20;
Nm. 26:59. called thy mother Jochebed,
and she gave her wages,
and she nursed thee. 9 And
afterwards, when thou wast
Contrast Acts grown up, they brought thee
7:22. Moses
was taught unto the daughter of Pharaoh,
by Egyptians
but Moses’ and thou didst become her
father also
taught him son, and Amram thy father
Hebrew.
taught thee writing, and after
thou hadst completed three
M O S E S
weeks they brought thee into
the royal court.
10 And thou wast three weeks 2351-2372
A.M.
of years at court until the time
when thou didst go forth from
the royal court and didst see
an Egyptian smiting thy friend
who was of the children of
Israel, and thou didst slay him
and hide him in the sand.
11 And on the second day
thou didst find two of the
children of Israel striving
together, and thou didst say
to him who was doing the
wrong: “Why dost thou smite
thy brother? 12 And he was
angry and indignant, and said
“Who made thee a prince and
a judge over us? Thinkest thou
to kill me as thou killedst the
Egyptian yesterday?” And
thou didst fear and flee on
account of these words.
And she
made an ark
for thee, and
covered it
with pitch
and asphalt,
and placed it
in the flags
on the bank
of the river
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