"A basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with bitumen and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reed at the river bank."# Amazingly, this is describing what a mother of three months was forced to do in order to keep her newborn child alive. Knowing that all Hebrew boys were slain at birth by the Pharaoh, this mother, as described in Exodus, was forced to keep her child in secrecy until she could no longer hide his cries. This child was called Moses. Hoping the young child would be found and cared for; she made a small basket for the child to float up the Nile in. To insure that the baby boy reached safety, the mother sent his sister to follow after him. As the young girl followed, they came across a Pharaoh's daughter bathing in the river. As the sister had dreaded, the princess heard Moses' cries. When the princess saw the poor crying baby, she took pity upon him and decided to adopt him. She sent for Moses mother, so that she may raise this ch!
             ild. With this, the life of baby Moses began.#
             Moses, now grown and an Egyptian Prince, was highly schooled in the Egyptian culture. Although being raised in a highly respected Egyptian family, Moses also spoke the Hebrew language fluent. In spite of Moses' royal position and training, he went into the land to see the people of his heritage. While on his visit, he saw first-hand the beatings of the Hebrew by the people that he had accepted as his own. In a fit of rage, Moses looked to make sure that no one was around and killed the Egyptian, who was beating a Hebrew worker, who was under his command. With fear of the consequences, Moses fled his Egyptian home, to stay in the land of Midian.#
             While resting by a well, he saw some women being run off from watering their fathers flock. Some shepherds who had come to water their flock run them off. By coming to the rescue of the women, who were the daughters of the King, he was invited...