Harare — SO it came to pass, in the year 1391 BC in the Land of the River Nile under the rule of the Pharaoh, that a child -- who had been tossed into the waters of the great river by his mother appeared in the distance.
When Jochebed gave birth to her little boy, Hebrews were slaves in Egypt and -- like all Hebrew boys born during that period -- he had to be drowned in the River Nile according to the orders of the Pharaoh.
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