Each of the first born children in Hebrew families were ordered to be killed. Newly born Moses was supposed to be killed but his mother had other plans. She knew that he would be killed if she kept him so she put him in a basket and let him flow down the river.
The king’s daughter discovered Moses and the royal family decided to keep Moses and adopt him into the family.
Moses grew up with his brother Rameses, and many years later he was still a part of the royal family, in fact he was Prince of Egypt. When the king, Moses’ and Rameses’ father, Pharaoh Seti, named Rameses the new Prince Regent, Moses called for the palace’s high priests to deliver a gift to his brother.
The gift turned out to be Zipporah, a fiery woman who showed no respect for the royal family. As a result, Rameses returned the gift to Moses. When Zippo
Moses’ encounter with Rameses, newly crowned Pharaoh, did not go too well. When Moses demanded that Rameses let his people go, Rameses did not have any interest in doing so and laughed in Moses’ face. Moses took his rod and threw it on the ground. It turned into a snake. Again Rameses laughed and did not believe what he was seeing. Rameses did not change his mind to let the Hebrews go.
Moses was left with no choice so with God’s aid, he brought down six terrible plagues on Egypt. Rameses still did not give in, so then came the seventh plague. The first born child of every Egyptian family died. Even Rameses’ son died.
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