Shemot

ראשוןRishon

The Israelites multiply greatly in Egypt, and a new Pharaoh enslaves them and forces them to build storage cities. Pharaoh then orders the Hebrew midwives to kill newborn boys, but they refuse to obey him.

שניSheni

Pharaoh commands that every newborn Hebrew boy be thrown into the Nile. Moses is born and placed in a basket on the river, where Pharaoh’s daughter finds him and raises him after his mother nurses him.

שלישיShlishi

Moses grows up in Pharaoh’s palace and kills an Egyptian who is beating a Hebrew slave. He flees to Midian, marries Zipporah, and has a son, while the Israelites cry out to G-d under their oppression.

רביעיRevi'i

While shepherding in the wilderness, Moses sees a bush burning without being consumed. G-d appears to him and tells him that He has seen the Israelites’ suffering and will rescue them from Egypt.

חמישיChamishi

G-d commands Moses to tell the elders that He will bring the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. Moses is given signs to prove his mission, and Aaron is appointed to speak for him because of Moses’ difficulty speaking.

שישיShishi

Moses travels toward Egypt with his family and is commanded to warn Pharaoh about Israel, G-d’s firstborn son. Moses meets Aaron, and together they gather the elders and demonstrate the signs G-d gave Moses.

שביעיShvi'i

Moses and Aaron ask Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave, but Pharaoh refuses and increases their workload. The Israelites suffer harsher treatment, and Moses asks G-d why their situation has become worse.