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Sh'mot, שְׁמוֹת, Names

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each coming with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. - Exodus 1:1-4

TORAH, Exodus 1:1−6:1

SUMMARY

- The new king of Egypt makes slaves of the Hebrews and orders their male children to be drowned in the Nile River. (1:1-22)

-A Levite woman places her son, Moses, in a basket on the Nile, where he is found by the daughter of Pharaoh and raised in Pharaoh's house. (2:1-10)

-Moses flees to Midian after killing an Egyptian. (2:11-15)

-Moses marries Zipporah, the daughter of Midian's priest. They have a son named Gershom. (2:16-22)

-God calls Moses from a burning bush and commissions him to free the Israelites from Egypt. (3:1-4:17)

-Moses and Aaron request permission from Pharaoh for the Israelites to celebrate a festival in the wilderness. Pharaoh refuses and makes life even harder for the Israelites. (5:1-23)