1And Moses the son of Amram was still king in the land of Cush in those

2And all the children of Cush loved Moses all the days that he reigned over

3And in the fortieth year of the reign of Moses over Cush, Moses was sitting

4And Adoniah the queen said before the king and the princes, What is this

5Surely you know that for forty years that this man has reigned over Cush he

6Now therefore hear, O ye children of Cush, and let this man no more reign

7Behold Menacrus my son is grown up, let him reign over you, for it is

8And all the people and nobles of the children of Cush heard the words which

9And all the people were preparing until the evening, and in the morning

10And all the children of Cush were afraid to stretch forth their hand

11But the children of Cush gave many presents to Moses, and sent him from

12So Moses went forth from the land of Cush, and went home and ceased to

13So Moses went to Midian, for he was afraid to return to Egypt on account

14And the seven daughters of Reuel the Midianite went out to feed their

15And they came to the well and drew water to water their father's flock.

16So the shepherds of Midian came and drove them away, and Moses rose up and

17And they came home to their father Reuel, and told him what Moses did for

18And they said, An Egyptian man has delivered us from the hands of the

19And Reuel said to his daughters, And where is he? wherefore have you left

20And Reuel sent for him and fetched him and brought him home, and he ate

21And Moses related to Reuel that he had fled from Egypt and that he reigned

22And when Reuel had heard the words of Moses, Reuel said within himself, I

23And they took and put him into the prison house, and Moses was in prison

24And all the children of Israel were yet in the land of Egypt serving the

25At that time the Lord smote Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he afflicted him

26For the Lord had hearkened to the prayer of his people the children of

27Still his anger did not turn from them, and the hand of Pharaoh was still

28And when the Lord had inflicted the plague upon Pharaoh king of Egypt, he

29And his wise men and sorcerers said unto him, That if the blood of little

30And Pharaoh hearkened to them, and sent his ministers to Goshen to the

31And Pharaoh's ministers went and took the infants of the children of

32And the number of the children which Pharaoh slew was three hundred-and

33But the Lord hearkened not to the physicians of the king of Egypt, and the

34And Pharaoh was ten years afflicted with that plague, still the heart of

35And at the end of ten years the Lord continued to afflict Pharaoh with

36And the Lord smote him with a bad tumor and sickness at the stomach, and

37At that time the two ministers of Pharaoh came from the land of Goshen

38And when Pharaoh heard the words of his ministers, his anger was kindled

39And he answered and said, Now that the children of Israel know that I am

40And they took and made him ride upon a horse, for he was not able to ride

41And he took with him ten horsemen and ten footmen, and went to the

42And when they had come to the border of Egypt, the king's horse passed

43And the horses ran rapidly in that place and pressed each other, and the

44And the king's horse fell into the low plain whilst the king was riding

45And the flesh of the king was torn from him, and his bones were broken and

46And his servants carried him upon their shoulders, a little at a time, and

47And they placed him in his bed, and the king knew that his end was come to

48And all his nobles and servants came on that day and saw the king in that

49And the princes of the king and all his counsellors advised the king to

50And the king had three sons and two daughters which Aparanith the queen

51And these were their names, the firstborn Othri, the second Adikam, and

52And Othri the first born of the king was an idiot, precipitate and hurried

53But Adikam was a cunning and a wise man and knowing in all the wisdom of

54And when the king saw Adikam his son intelligent and wise in all things,

55And he took for him a wife Gedudah daughter of Abilot, and he was ten

56And he afterward went and took three wives and begat eight sons and three

57And the disorder greatly prevailed over the king, and his flesh stank like

58And when the king saw that his sickness had greatly strengthened itself

59And at the end of three years, the king died, in shame, disgrace, and

60But they embalmed him not as was usual with kings, for his flesh was

61For this evil was from the Lord to him, for the Lord had requited him evil

62And he died with terror and with shame, and his son Adikam reigned in his

Chapter 76

Moses leaves Cush and goes to the Land of Midian. Reuel, taking