Pharaoh’s daughter (named Bithiah in some traditions) discovers the baby while bathing. Recognizing him as a Hebrew child, she takes pity. The baby’s sister, Miriam, offers to find a Hebrew wet nurse—their own mother. Thus Moses is raised in the palace as an Egyptian prince, unaware of his true heritage.
As a young man, Moses sees an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave. In a fit of rage, he kills the Egyptian and buries him in the sand. When the act becomes known, Pharaoh seeks to kill him. Moses flees across the Sinai desert to Midian. There he defends seven shepherdesses at a well, marries one (Zipporah), and becomes a shepherd for her father Jethro. the prince of egypt moses
While tending sheep near Mount Horeb, Moses sees a bush that burns but is not consumed. God calls to him: “Moses, Moses! Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” God reveals His name— I AM WHO I AM (Yahweh)—and commands Moses to return to Egypt and say to Pharaoh: “Let My people go.” Moses protests: “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?” God promises to be with him and gives Aaron as his spokesman. Thus Moses is raised in the palace as