The Story Of Moses In The Bulrushes

There were many Israelites living in Egypt,so many that people thought they were taking over.

The new king in Egypt decided that the Israelites should be slaves for him and so they were.

"Aha ,guards kill every baby boy in town now they will be no men left to fight us"ordered the king.

Meanwhile a young woman who had heard the news gently laid her baby boy in a cradle.So that nobody would see him she hid the baby in a basket in some bulrushes

A princess was walking by the river when she saw the basket she opened the lid and there was the baby boy.The princess named the baby Moses .After that she took the Moses to a woman and asked her if she would look after him.The woman was Moses real mother so she said yes. The princess said Moses could live with her when he is older and he did.

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