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60 HISTORY OF TTXE OLD r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ h ~
moclrcd the~n nncl lnsde their life bittcr with hard works in
brick ancl clay. And the king placctl overseers over them, to
oppyess tllcl~i wit11 labor. 131xt the more they were opllrcsscd
the more ~iurnerous they t)cca~ne. The king, scoing this,
issucd a clccree tlint all thc male cllililre~i l>orn of flckre~v
pnrcnts xhonltl bc cast illto the river; hoping, by tllis means,
eithcr to clcstroy the IIebrtw pcoplc, or a1 lertsf to prcve~lt
them from increasing in numbors.
3. Norr., it came to pass that a I-Icbrem rnnthcr bore a, son,
anll sccing that hc was vcry Bcnntif'~l1~ she hirl him for tltrec.
~no~~ths. At the. ellcl of tllnt time, not heing nble to keep hiin
any loi~gcr, she 1n.irl the biil~c in a hn.skct of rceils nnrl placed
il in the scdgcs by 111~ river's hank. Tllc rister of llre child
sl,oocl a lit.tlc n;:~y off, t60 scc rvllat ~voulrl happen. Anrl bchold,
at tll:~t time the dn.ughlcr of I'llnrao ~vcnt do~vli to batho
in the h'ile.