Joseph's family moved to Egypt. They lived there for hundred of years. As they grew, Joseph's family became known as the Israelites, or Hebrews.
Four hundred years after Joseph brought his family to Egypt, a mean pharaoh ruled the land. He did not like the Israelites. Pharaoh made them all into slaves. Then he ordered that every Hebrew baby boy should be killed!
One mother of a little boy tried everything to keep her son alive. He was a beautiful baby with the wisest dark eyes. For three months she managed to keep the baby hidden. But she knew time was running out.
"There must be something we can do to save him," she cried to her husband. Night after night they prayed for an idea. Their children, Miriam and Aaron, prayed with them.
Then the family had an idea. The mother wove a basket together out of reeds. The basket became a little boat. Then they took the baby and wrapped him in soft blankets. They laid him into a basket.
Miriam and her mother brought the basket down to the river. They gently placed it in water. "Watch him, Miriam," the mother said.
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THE CHILDREN'S BIBLE - Old Testament, God Makes Everything
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