Lesson IX. The Youth of Moses

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut · 1907

Retold story (not Scripture)
This is a storyteller's retelling from an old children's book. Read the Bible passage for God's own words.

Bible: Exodus 1—2 · 1 min read · All ages

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(Tell Story 20.)

1. How long did the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes stay in Ē´ġy̆pt? More than four hundred years.

2. How did the Ē´ġy̆pt-ians̝ treat the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes while Jō´s̝eph lived, and for a time afterward? They were kind to the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes.

3. What became of the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes in Ē´ġy̆pt? They grew into a great people.

4. How did the King of Ē´ġy̆pt who ruled many years after Jō´s̝eph's time treat the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes? He was very cruel to them.

5. How did the King treat the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes cruelly? He made them work very hard.

6. What order did the King give, to keep the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes from growing in number? That all their boy babies should be killed.

7. What did one Ĭs̝´ra-el-īte mother do with her little baby-boy? She left him in a little boat on the river.

8. Who found the baby floating in the river? The daughter of Phā´raōh the King.

9. What did the daughter of Phā´raōh do with the baby? She made him her own son.

10. What was the name of this boy? Mō´s̝es̝.

11. To what land did Mō´s̝es̝ go after he grew up? To the land ot Mĭd´ĭ-an.

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Hurlbut's Bible Lessons for Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., copyright 1907). Public domain. Transcription by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (pgdp.net). printed page 11. Source

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