Chapter 4

When Jacob moved his family from Canaan to live

with Joseph in Egypt, they were a clan of 70 people. For

hundreds of years, God’s people lived peacefully and

safely in Egypt, and their numbers grew. But then a new

Pharaoh took over. He was afraid of God’s people because

their commitment to God was strong, and they had

become a powerful nation just as God had promised. So

the king of Egypt forced them to work as his slaves. But

God had a plan. He wasn’t going to allow his people to be

slaves forever. God would lead them to the land he had

promised. But first God had to find a leader to guide his

people into freedom.

Exodus 1-4

A Hebrew woman named Jochebed gave birth to a beautiful

baby boy. Pharaoh wanted all the Hebrew baby boys killed, so

Jochebed hid her precious child to keep him safe. “Please, God,

help save my son,” she prayed. Jochebed placed the baby in a

basket and floated it in the Nile River. Miriam, the baby’s sister,

watched from a distance.

When Pharaoh’s daughter came to the river to bathe, she

spotted the basket in the reeds. “Poor child,” said the princess.

“He is a Hebrew baby. I will keep him as my own and call him

Moses, because I brought him out of the water.”

Moses became the son of the princess. He grew up in the

palace in Egypt. But when Pharaoh tried to kill him for harming

an Egyptian, Moses ran away to the desert.

Moses lived in the desert of Midian for many years. One

day on Mount Horeb, the mountain of God, Moses noticed a

bush covered in flames. He wondered, Why isn’t the bush

burning up?

Suddenly a voice boomed out of the flames. “Moses!

Moses! Do not come any closer. I am the God of Abraham,

Isaac, and Jacob. I have heard the cries of my people. I am

going to rescue them. Go back to Egypt. Tell Pharaoh to let my

people go!”

Moses was shaking. “No, Lord, not me. Who am I to talk to

Pharaoh? Send somebody else.”

“I will be with you, Moses. Here is a sign to show that I

sent you. Throw your staff on the ground, and it will turn into a

snake.”

Moses did as God instructed, and a snake slithered on the

ground where the staff had been. Moses grabbed the snake’s

tail, and it turned into a staff again. Moses saw God’s power.

Now Moses was ready to lead God’s people.

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