Adikam became king at 20 years old, and for five years he reigned 206 years according to Israel's descent to Egypt [(which was Year 2444)]. And they called his name Pharaoh as was customary, and all the wise men of Egypt called his name Avuz from the Egyptian language meaning "short." He was a cubit and a span tall, with a long beard reaching to his ankles. [In Yuchsin, Essay 4, Time 2, it is written that Pharaoh who was struck by the ten plagues of Moshe, who sank in the depths like a stone, was called Ma'adan and was called Talma.

And in Tzemach David, Part 2, Year 235, Askadiyas ruled in Babylon twelve years before their exodus from Egypt. In his days, Talma was king of Egypt, and he was the Pharaoh of Moshe who was struck by the ten plagues. According to Sefer HaYashar mentioned above, he was called Adikam and reigned in Year 2445, four years before their exodus from Egypt, for they left in Year 2448.

Thus he reigned for five years. And in the Tzemach David 53, page 2, the Pharaoh who was struck was called Kinkori, and some say Amasai.] At this time a red star appeared, the color of fire, which was a sign of evil. Perhaps this is what the sages meant when they said "they saw that evil was before them," as stated in Rashi [(Tzemach David, Part 2)]. And he was more wicked than his father and all the kings before him.

He went to Goshen and strengthened the labor upon them, etc. And he said, "Let not your hands slacken from the labor that you did in my father's days." And he appointed officers from the children of Israel, and over the officers he appointed taskmasters from his servants. And he set a quota of bricks per day for them to make that number every day. And Pharaoh's taskmasters commanded, "Do not cry out, and if you do cry out, I will place your small children in place of you." And so they did, and they took by force from between the mothers' knees and placed them under the bricks in the building.

And their fathers and mothers wept when they heard the voice of their children in the wall of the building. And they did this for many days, and the number of children who died in the building was 270 children, etc. And Moshe was still imprisoned in the house of Re'uel, and Tzipporah was secretly sustaining him, etc. [(See Midrash Yelamdeinu, Shemot, section 128)].

At that time Baal Chanan ben Achbor died, and the children of Esav sent to the land of Edom and took from Masana a man named Hadar and crowned him over them, and he reigned for 48 years [(Sefer HaYashar). And one should note what is written above that Baal Chanan reigned for 38 years, so Hadar became king in Year 2449, after they left Egypt. And the events brought afterwards occurred earlier.] In those days, Moshe took Tzipporah, daughter of Re'uel, in Midian, and she was not lacking from the righteousness of Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah.

And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, but he did not circumcise him by the decree of his father-in-law. And she conceived again and bore a son, and he called his name Eliezer.