Brendan Powell Smith - The Brick Bible Presents Brick Exodus

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Skyhorse Publishing books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. Special editions can also be created to specifications. For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or . Skyhorse and Skyhorse Publishing are registered trademarks of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., a Delaware corporation. www.skyhorsepublishing.com 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Print ISBN: 978-1-62914-767-3 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-62914-885-4 Printed in China Cover design by Brian Peterson Cover photographs credit Brendan Powell Smith Editors: Ann Treistman and Julie Matysik Designer: Brian Peterson Production managers: Abigail Gehring and Yvette Grant EXODUS THE ISRAELITES CAME TO EGYPT AND WERE FRUITFUL AND INCREASED GREATLY IN NUMBER.

EVENTUALLY THEY BECAME SO NUMEROUS THAT THE LAND WAS FULL OF THEM. THERE CAME TO POWER IN EGYPT A NEW KING WHO HAD NEVER HEARD OF JOSEPH. LOOK, HE SAID TO HIS PEOPLE, THE ISRAELITES ARE NOW MORE NUMEROUS AND POWERFUL THAN WE ARE. WE MUST TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO STOP THEM FROM INCREASING ANY FURTHER, OR IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT, THEY MIGHT JOIN THE RANKS OF OUR ENEMIES, AND THEY MIGHT TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST US. ACCORDINGLY THEY PUT TASKMASTERS OVER THE ISRAELITES TO WEAR THEM DOWN BY FORCED LABOR. THE KING OF EGYPT THEN SPOKE TO THE HEBREW MIDWIVES, SHIPHRAH AND PUAH.

WHEN YOU ATTEND HEBREW WOMEN IN CHILDBIRTH, HE SAID, EXAMINE THE CHILD. IF IT IS A BOY, KILL HIM. IF IT IS A GIRL, LET HER LIVE. BUT THE MIDWIVES WERE GOD-FEARING WOMEN AND DID NOT OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE KING OF EGYPT, RATHER ALLOWING THE BOYS TO LIVE. SO THE KING OF EGYPT SUMMONED THE MIDWIVES AND SAID TO THEM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ALLOWING THE BOYS TO LIVE? PHARAOH THEN GAVE ALL HIS PEOPLE THIS COMMAND: THROW EVERY NEW-BORN MALE INTO THE RIVER, BUT LET ALL THE GIRLS LIVE. THERE WAS A MAN DESCENDED FROM LEVI WHO HAD TAKEN A WOMAN OF LEVI AS HIS WIFE.

SHE CONCEIVED AND GAVE BIRTH TO A SON. SEEING WHAT A FINE CHILD HE WAS, SHE KEPT HIM HIDDEN FOR THREE MONTHS. WHEN SHE COULD HIDE HIM NO LONGER, SHE GOT A PAPYRUS BASKET FOR HIM, COATING IT WITH BITUMEN AND PITCH. AND SHE LAID IT AMONG THE REEDS AT THE RIVERS EDGE. HIS SISTER TOOK UP POSITION SOME DISTANCE AWAY TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM. NOW PHARAOHS DAUGHTER WENT DOWN TO BATHE IN THE RIVER WHILE HER MAIDS WALKED ALONG THE RIVERSIDE.

AMONG THE REEDS SHE NOTICED THE BASKET, AND SHE SENT HER MAID TO FETCH IT. SHE OPENED IT AND SAW THE CHILD. THE BABY WAS CRYING. FEELING SORRY FOR IT, SHE SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE LITTLE HEBREWS. THE CHILDS SISTER SAID TO PHARAOHS DAUGHTER, SHALL I GO AND FIND A HEBREW WOMAN TO NURSE THE CHILD FOR YOU? YES, SAID PHARAOHS DAUGHTER. PHARAOHS DAUGHTER SAID TO HER, TAKE THIS CHILD AWAY AND NURSE IT FOR ME. PHARAOHS DAUGHTER SAID TO HER, TAKE THIS CHILD AWAY AND NURSE IT FOR ME.

I SHALL PAY YOU MYSELF FOR DOING SO. SO THE WOMAN TOOK THE CHILD AWAY AND NURSED IT. WHEN THE CHILD GREW UP, SHE BROUGHT HIM TO PHARAOHS DAUGHTER, WHO TREATED HIM LIKE A SON. SHE NAMED HIM MOSES, BECAUSE, SHE SAID, I DREW HIM OUT OF THE WATER.