But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them.

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes, do so.” So the young girl went and got the child’s mother.

He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock.

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land.”

So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.

Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

Pharaoh was thinking, “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”

“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”

And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.

Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.

But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

They will eat the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs.