1At that time died Baal Channan son of Achbor, king of Edom, and was buried

2And after his death the children of Esau sent to the land of Edom, and took

3And Hadad reigned over the children of Edom forty-eight years.

4And when he reigned he resolved to fight against the children of Moab, to

5And they afterward gathered together a great people, and sent to the

6And Hadad heard the thing which the children of Moab had done, and was

7In those days Moses, the son of Amram, in Midian, took Zipporah, the

8And Zipporah walked in the ways of the daughters of Jacob, she was nothing

9And Zipporah conceived and bare a son and he called his name Gershom, for

10And she conceived again and bare a son, but circumcised his foreskin, and

11And Pharaoh king of Egypt greatly increased the labor of the children of

12And he ordered a proclamation to be made in Egypt, saying, Give no more

13Also the tale of bricks which they shall make let them give each day, and

14And the children of Israel heard this, and they mourned and sighed, and

15And the Lord heard the cries of the children of Israel, and saw the

16And the Lord was jealous of his people and his inheritance, and heard

Chapter 78

Moses has Two Sons. Pharaoh withholds Straw from the Israelites.