In Shemot, Pharaoh has enslaved the Jews and orders Shifrah and Puah to have all the male babies killed at birth. They do not comply. Pharaoh decides that now all the Hebrew babies shall be thrown into the Nile.
At the same time, Moses is born and put in a basket in the river, to then be discovered by the Pharaoh's daughter (who raises him).
When Moses is older he sees the hardship in Egypt. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and killed the Egyptian. Moses must flee, he goes to Midian. In Midian, Moses saves Jethro’s daughter, marries another one, and becomes a Shepherd for Jethro.
Moses comes upon the burning bush, which instructs him to demand Pharoah to let his people go. Pharaoh refuses and makes conditions even worse for them. Moses doesn’t understand why Hashem made him do this, but Hashem says redemption is close.
