And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty seven years. She was convinced that her son would be used for an important work. When she saw that he was a "fine" child, she hid him for three months and when she could do so no longer, she made a basket out of bulrushes and put him among the reeds by the river bank. In 2433 AM, Jochebed gave birth to . I wonder. Then verse 18 shows that Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Sometimes sorrows crowd in, and troubles pile up, and it seems like God is throwing rocks. Maurice is a Messianic Jew who frequently channels God. Jochebed was the daughter of a Levi man and born in Egypt. A compilation of the commentary and discussions of the amora'im on the Mishnah. She was probably about the same age as Amram or maybe even younger. Moses would become God's servant who would lead Israel out of Egypt. So Jochebed got her own child back, at least for a while. Moses, in the wilderness, instructed them to put away pagan gods. Amram and the Levite from Egypt, Jochebed were related by blood though their affinity was not that clear. 1 Clearly one of the Bible's most outstanding figures, she served ancient Israel as a prophet, 2 judge, military leader, songwriter, and minstrel (Judges 4-5). We have seen now the trial of Jochebeds faith, the foundation of her faith, the exercise of her faith, and the response to her faith. Jochebed placed Moses in a basket and released him in the flow of River Nile. 3:31) (Seder Eliyahu Rabbah 29). Jochebeds name means, Honor of God or God is glory. And so, when we have done all we can do, we must calmly trust in the Lordeven though to us there seems to be no way out. Why did Terah died in Haran? According to another interpretation, Jochebed named her son "Tov" or "Tobiah," which was what his parents called him until Pharaoh's daughter renamed him "Moses" (BT Sotah 12a). 6:20: Amram took to wife his fathers sister Jochebed. Amram was the son of Kohath and the grandson of Levi, while Jochebed was the daughter of Levi, and therefore his aunt. [Amram lived 137 years]. What would she do if he was snatched out of her arms and taken to certain death? He said: Master of the Universe! Cain the first human murderer recorded in the Bible, Jephthah the Gileadite the tenth Judge of Israel, Samuel 15th Judge of Israel and also a Prophet, Background Information: For Hebrews Chapter 11. And works His sovereign will. And this is true; consideration must be given to the years that Jochebed, Moses' mother, was upon the earth after Levi died and before Moses was born. According to the masoretic text, Jochebed's family tree is as follows: According to the Septuagint however, Jochebed would be a cousin of Amram or Kohath: Along with the parting of the Red Sea, the burning bush and the Ten Commandments: The Quran relates the story of Moses with some added details and slight differences. How do we know? Has anything just happened to you recently that you know really was God working for you? The outcome of this brave action of defying the King of Egypt is now known to all. Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. The woman conceived and bore a son, since she conceived before this second marriage? That Jochebed could still be bearing children at the age of forty-eight might seem unlikely by modern standards. Exodus 6: 20 And the princess told the little slave girl to go and get a nurse of the Hebrew womenand when she came back with their own mother, Pharaohs daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. she took pity on the baby. Ex. In the film, she sings a lullaby to baby Moses as she sets the basket carrying him adrift in the river, also pleading the river to deliver Moses "somewhere he can live free". For some, there is a lack of the assurance of the forgiveness of past sins. Their lives were made bitter with hard service in mortar and brick, and in many kinds of field labor. Jochebed was the mother of Moses, one of the major characters in the Old Testament. Clearly Jochebed and Amram married before the prohibition was given, but it is a bit of a shocker that for all those Israelites who knew the law looking back on it with hindsight. " That decree applied only to the men and not to the women. Moved with compassion when she discovered the child, she decided to adopt him. When trials come our way we must learn to be patient and trust and wait. Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, There are several data points we have to nail down in order to properly defend the Bible 's assertion that 600,000 men left Egypt with Moses in the Exodus. According to one opinion, she realized that he was suited to be a prophet; according to another, she saw that he was born circumcised; and according to a third exegetical suggestion, she saw that the entire house was filled with light (BT Sotah 12a). Faith is not testing God by jumping off bridges or having oneself deliberately bitten by rattlesnakes. They may have desired a happy marriage, a successful career, developing their talent, or some other worthwhile goal, yet circumstances prevented it. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us - including overcoming our greatest fears. Amram married his fathers sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Exodus 6:20 And Amram took his aunt Jochebed to him for a wife. The wording she placed it among the reeds (ibid.) When she could hide him no longer She either purchased or made a basket out of papyrus and covered it with an asphalt type material that made it watertight. The narrative of her pregnancy with Moses is amusingly incorporated in an exegesis relating to the time of the Rabbis. When Moses, her youngest child, was born, Jochebed hid him for three months until she could hide him no longer. 1:21), which the Rabbis understand as priestly and Levitical households, or as royal households. 4. [10] The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan identifies Jochebed as also having been wife of Elitzaphon Ben Parnach, and the mother of Eldad and Medad;[11] the text is ambiguous as to when this marriage occurred in relation to the marriage(s) to Amram. 2 Later, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. 78). He became afraid that if an enemy of Egypt waged war against them, the Israelites would side with the enemy against Egypt. Act out Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses. Rabbah 1:25; for the identification of Jochebed with Shiphrah, see above). We must put on the shield of faith and believe that God is sending the trials to prepare us for even greater blessings. Since Jochebed was the daughter of Levi, and Moses was her son (as shown above), then to complete the 430 years, Jochebed had to be 48 years or older when she gave birth to Moses. Marriages with aunts and nieces have been common in many countries, and are not forbidden by any natural instinct. She had to walk away. Then she brought him back to Pharaoh's daughter, who raised him as her own. The cry of the little child aroused the maternal instinct of Pharaohs daughter, and the baby Moses was spared. Jochebed was paid to nurse and care for the boy, her own son until he grew. In addition to her given name, the Torah she-bi-khetav: Lit. One such mother is Jochebed in the Bible. [2] No details are given concerning her life. At any rate, Pharaohs daughter was determined to give protection to the baby. 31 December 1999. Someone has said mothers begin saying good-bye to their children from the moment they are born.1 And we dont want to forget there is also a pain that comes from wanting a child and yet not having one, perhaps even having to give up that possibility. Our background is not our destiny She therefore was called daughter [bat, which also means young girl] of Levi, because she was once again as a young girl (BT Bava Batra 120a). What to do? Life comes with the pain of losses, of giving up and letting go and we are rarely ready to let go. 2:2) how good [tov] he was. The Rabbis ask what Jochebed saw that was special in her son, on account of which she sought to save him from Pharaohs death decree. Kadari, Tamar. Those early years, pre-school years, made an indelible impression on Moses. We don't know but we hope that she too was alive to see the Exodus. When she no longer could keep him, she gave him away to save his life. For others, a family member rebels against the Gospel plan of salvation. The Apostle Paul exhorts in Ephesians 6 that the Christian should have on the belt of truth and the coat of righteousness; our feet should be shod with the readiness of the gospel of peace. Her name in Hebrew means "bitterness." Miriam was the first woman in the Bible to be given the title prophetess. What strong faith this woman had, but also what courage. The sage, who wanted to awaken them, said: A single woman in Egypt gave birth to sixty myriads from a single stomach. There was a pupil there named R. Ishmael son of R. Yose, who asked him: Was this really so? He [Rabbi] replied: This is Jochebed, who bore Moses, who is deemed the equivalent of sixty myriads of Israel (Song of Songs Rabbah 1:15:3). They sensed that Moses was fair unto God (literal translation of Acts 7:20), implying that God had some special purpose for their child. (The length of Amrams life was 137 years.) We learn that secret by reading Hebrews 11:23, which says, By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a proper child, and they were not afraid of the kings commandment. Moses was hid in his home for three months, and then in the reeds by the river, not because Jochebed could not bear to see her child perish, or because she loved him too much to cast him into the river. Years she had to love and influence her child for God. Jochebed was married to Amram. My pastor often says Give up the hope of a better past, its keeping you from a better tomorrow Past hurt, past decision? First of all, God began to move upon the heart of the pagan daughter of a pagan king, so that at the exact time the baby Moses lay by the rivers edge, Pharaohs daughter came to this very place to take a swim. A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules). They first became unlawful by the positive command recorded in Leviticus 18:12. Think of her alterative choices. Jacob, his sons, and their families had gone into Egypt to live because there was a severe famine in their land, and they were able to find food in Egypt. This is a huge part of the story Jewish Study Bible, The verb could be given a more colloquial translation such as she felt sorry for him. But the verb is stronger than that; it means to have compassion, to pity, to spare. What she felt for the baby was strong enough to prompt her to spare the child from the fate decreed for Hebrew boys. The conditions described in the first two chapters of Exodus indicate that indeed those were dark days for the Children of Israel. Two lessons emerge from her story. The gay analogy must include a marriage relationship not universally accepted in scripture. Jochebed herself was from the tribe of Levi, and her two sons Aaron and Moses attained the High Priesthood and the scepter of royalty (BT Suspected adulteressSotah 11b). When a womans heart and a babys tears meet, something happens. And so Jochebed did what she could. Maybe the princess once had a baby of her own who had died, and the sight of baby Moses may have torn the wound open and made it bleed afresh. She looks like and is voiced by the late Ofra Haza. It was not uncommon for Pharaohs and other Egyptians to bathe ceremonially in the sacred Nile River, as many Indians do today in the Ganges River. 1:17 relates that the midwives, fearing God, let the boys live; their reward for fearing God, according to the midrash, is Torah: because Jochebed feared the Lord, she gave birth to Moses, through whom the Torah was given (Ex. Ofra sang the lullaby in 18 languages for the film's dubbing (including her native Hebrew). Answer: As the verse doesn't state what Jochebed's intentions were, the matter is open to speculation. (NET). The Rabbis deduced from this that righteous women are not subject to the decree passed on Eve (that is, the curse of in pain shall you bear children [Gen. 3:16] does not apply to them) (BT Sotah 12a). Jacob, too, married two sisters t. (NET), Exodus 6:20 Amram married his fathers sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The name Jochebed is the earliest known compounded with Jah, or Jehovah. That day began a new life for my son and for our entire family and me. Soon, Moses got word that Pharaoh knew what he had done and was going to kill him, so he fled from Egypt to the land of Midian to avoid prosecution. [1] Amram was the son of Kohath, who was a son of Levi. The Rabbis say that when the daughter of Pharaoh asked of Jochebed: Take [helikhi] this child and nurse it for me (Ex. 2:12 state that he married a Levite woman. When hiding him was no longer possible, she placed him in a waterproof basket and set him adrift among the reeds, hoping he would be saved from Pharaoh's death squads. 26:59; cf. The Egyptians believed that the waters of the Nile possessed the ability to impart fruitfulness and to prolong life.4 Dr. Thomas Constable, While her attendants were walking up and down the banks keeping undesirable people and animals away, she saw the basket. One of her maidservants saw the basket and brought it to her. Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023, Women of Influence Surrounding the Life of Moses. Ex. Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. "the written Torah." Nile was considered emanation (em uh ney shun) THE SOURCE of the pagan god Osiris( O sigh rus) and the waters had magical properties. I was in shock. In the Rabbinic exegesis, Jochebed was already pregnant with Moses before Amram divorced her, and the fetus in her womb was three months old when he remarried her. Thus it was easy for Amram and Jochebed to add up the years of Israels stay in Egypt, and see that the time of deliverance which God had promised had almost come. Jochebed is identified by some rabbis in the Talmud with Shiphrah, one of the midwives described by the book of Exodus as being ordered by Pharaoh to kill the new-born male children. Much of what we know about Jochebed is recorded in the first ten verses of Exodus 2. Thus Jochebed nursed her son until he was old enough and brought him to the Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. And rides upon the storm. His mother, Jochebed (Arabic: , romanized:Ykbid), and her efforts to save the baby Moses are recounted. Each was a prophet, and each served Israel (provided them physical succor): by merit of Moses, the Israelites were given the manna; by merit of Aaron, clouds of glory surrounded the Israelites and protected them during their journeying in the wilderness; and by merit of Miriam, the well accompanied them wherever they went. Jochebed: Mother of Moses. He turned to his three friends, and said in essence, Although I dont know why I am called upon to face this trial, I do know the joy of fellowship with God, and though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him (Job 13:15). Jochebed his father's sister. What if she kept the baby at home until eventually the authorities came? Amram and Jochebed still enjoyed a forbidden sexual relationship which produced three famous children, Aaron, Miriam and Moses, Exodus 6:20, 15:20. God, who is the great Architect of our destinies, allows nothing to come into our lives except that which is for our ultimate good and blessing (Romans 8:28). She was seen crying once she let the basket that held . Yes, Miriam is watching from a distant place on the shore, but she, his mother had to let him go. Rabbah 1:25). . To protect Moses from Pharaoh's command that every male Hebrew child be killed, she placed him in an ark of bulrushes on the river. Jochebed the mother of Moses. The Rabbis identify Jochebed with Shiphrah, one of the two Hebrew midwives (Shiphrah and Puah) who delivered the children of the Israelites during the Egyptian servitude. But among all the poor Hebrew slaves, there was one couple who did not despair. She was the daughter of a Levite, and she married Amram, another Levite ( Exodus 2:1 ). Who was the mother of kohath? Although her jealously later in life led to . This kind of marriage between relatives was later forbidden by the law of Moses. Jochebed is most known as the mother of Moses. She named him Moses, saying, Because I drew him from the water.. The life of Jochebed as a woman of influence teaches us that there are times in our lives when we have done all we can do, weve said all we can say, there is no more and we have to . The "sister" of the child (presumed to be Miriam), who had come forward, suggested to find her a Hebrew woman to nurse the child. Family tree. We are to walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Conservative scholars date the "Exodus," a landmark in Israel's history, at 1446 B.C. Just rememberthis is a trial of your faith planned to bring honor in the day when Jesus reveals himself. In Ex., ii, 10, a derivation from the Hebrew Mashah (to draw) is implied. He lived 137 years. During the few years, Jochebed was permitted to nurse her son, she would have had a profound influence upon him. The basket fell in the hands of the Pharaoh's daughter who was bathing in the river. And when the little crib was brought to Pharaohs daughter, she saw that it was a little Hebrew baby. Answer (1 of 15): Yes, it was forbidden in Lev. Pharaoh only decreed against the males, but you have decreed against both the males and the females [since all the Israelites withdrew from their wives, neither sons nor daughters would come into the world]. Only because she trusted the Lord could she abandon her son rather than see him killed. Gods providence was seeing to it that Jochebed was being paid from royal funds to look after her own child. Even today, I cant tell you how hard it is at times not to want somehow control his diabetes: to make sure hes eating good food, exercising, taking care of himself, but he has a wife and two daughtersI really have to Let it go and trust Godand I do Trust and pray . The story is familiar to many, but so that we have it clearly in mind, we summarize it here. (Genesis 1:7-10) Pharaoh gave the midwives an order to kill any boy that was born of the Hebrew women . Moses, the great law-giver, was born within what would soon be seen as an unlawful union. Amram married Jochebed for the sake of Heaven. Doing nothing would have condemned Moses to death at the hands of the Egyptian death squads. Again, the second time, was this time even harder for her? She is identified as Shiphrah, one of the Hebrew midwives who saved the newborn baby boys from Pharaoh. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile. Born shortly after the decree to throw Hebrew newborn boys in the Nile, Moses escaped death through adoption by pharaoh's daughter. Lockyer's All the Women of the Bible - Jochebed. The answer: It was based on the promises of Gods Word. Of never-failing skill, Is it your past? Faith and trust in God knows that even when God seems silent, He is always working for the good of His children. The Apocrypha calls her Tharmuth, other names suggested are Merris, or Bityah, perhaps even the well-known Hatshepsut( HAT shep shoot). She is a witless baby. Still another notion bases its understanding of the name on Job 26:13: By his wind the heavens were calmed [shifrah]. The verse describes the heavens that were created by God for Israel, and it was Shiphrah who returned Israel to their Father in heaven (Eccl. The Lit. Jochebed, wife of Amram and mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, is mentioned by name only in Exod 6:20 and Num 26:59, both genealogical listings. Probably about 3 years. The sun has not stopped shining just because the traveler in the tunnel doesnt see it. Another proof that "bare" in Numbers 26:59 cannot indicate an immediate father-son or father-daughter relationship is found by considering that this verse states Jochebed was a daughter of Levi. Text says she went to bathe in the Nile. He had a string tied to the boat and was holding the string in his handbut the string slipped from his fingers, and a breeze carried the boat beyond his reach. Her thoughtful nature was consistent throughout the Bible story of Moses in the basket. In 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings, she was portrayed by British Actress Anna Savva. . But that was not the case. While he was still in Egypt, Moses killed an Egyptian guard who was assaulting a Hebrew slave, and he hid the body. But soon he noticed that the stones were going beyond the boat and forming huge circular waves in the waterand those waves were bringing his boat toward the shore. In the midrashic account, the daughter of Pharaoh saw that Moses was hungry when she drew him from the river. The Pharaoh had decreed that all their baby boys were to be thrown into the Nile, because he feared that they might become too powerful. Answer Moses' mother, Jochebed, was a Hebrew woman living in slavery in Egypt before the exodus. Jochebed lived in a critical time. When Moses was about to die, he addressed God and begged for his life. I would have wondered if he would be safe? Jochebed, more commonly referred to as the mom of Moses, is an important biblical character when studying mothers in the Bible. By Harold S. MartinA Bible Helps Booklet No. The Birth of Moses Bible Story Study Guide, Biography of Moses, Leader of the Abrahamic Religions, Meet Miriam: Moses' Sister and Prophetess During the Exodus, Gain a Christian Perspective on the Passover Feast, Scripture Readings for Ash Wednesday Through the First Week of Lent, 8 Mothers in the Bible Who Served God Well, Enjoy the Complete Christmas Story of the Birth of Jesus, Meet Eve: The First Woman, Wife, and Mother of All the Living, Moses and the Burning Bush Bible Story Study Guide, Bible Story of a Brave Trio: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Parting the Red Sea Bible Story Study Guide, M.A., English Composition, Illinois State University, B.S., English Literature, Illinois State University. The new Pharaoh reduced the Hebrews to slavery, he robbed them of their liberties, and he put them to work in the brick yards under cruel taskmasters. According to another midrash, Moses rejected the breasts of the Egyptian women because he said: God will speak with me. It took faith to place the child in the river. What does it mean that they had faith? Joshua 24:14 throw away gods your forefathers worshipped beyond the river and in Egypt. This couple had great faith. Go then, earthly fame and treasure, Jochebed was the mother of Moses, one of the major characters in the Old Testament. Just so, when we get beyond our depths, and when we get in deep water, we cry out to God for help. Rabbah 1:25). She is only mentioned twice by name in Scripture, but she is the mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. I imagine he learned about the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and the Great Covenantal promises made to the Hebrews. This was God responding to the faith of a mother who dared to trust in Him. Women of Influence choose to: Truth: Let it go and trust God. She knew that God would take care of the child. My mother Jochebeds teeth were blunted by [the death of] two of her children in her lifetime; will more of her teeth be blunted by my death? But this argument, too, was of no avail (Deut. At the time when the account opens in Exodus 2, the condition of the Children of Israel was very pitiful. She named him Moses. The proving of our faith is planned by God to bring praise and honor and glory to Him in the day when Jesus Christ reveals himself at His Second Coming. Where it didnt matter which decision you made, they all seemed risky? One of the explanations of this discrepancy is that Jochebed completed the number seventy; she was not included in the list because she was still in her mothers womb (Gen. Rabbah 94:9). One of the arguments advanced by Moses was his mothers suffering. The child, found by the pharaoh's daughter while bathing, was reared in the Egyptian court. In the Rabbinic retelling, when Amram returned his wife, Jochebed was a hundred and thirty years of age, but signs of youth appeared on her: her body became smoother, her wrinkles were straightened out, and her former beauty was restored. 2. God saw to it that the baby should weep at this very moment. Or would it be wise to just distance herself from this baby and let someone else throw him in the Nile? She didnt just let him go, she was a woman of faith, and she let him go and trusted her God. And the woman took the child, and nursed it (Exodus 2:9). Surely Jochebed would have told little Moses stories of the faithfulness of the God of Israel. There is nothing immoral in marrying your aunt unless the Torah explicitly forbids it. Exodus 2:2b She hid him for 3 months. Devorah and her husband Maurice Sklar ran Maurice Sklar Ministries, founded by Maurice Sklar, which has about 10,000 followers online. The Torah relates that the midwives did not fulfill Pharaohs command because they feared God, who rewarded them for their actions: He established households [battim] for them (Ex. A compilation of the commentary and discussions of the, Yael Wife of Heber The Kenite: Midrash and Aggadah, Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab: Midrash and Aggadah, They will spit: In the tradition of Miriam, Jewish women will continue to challenge the establishment, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Copyright 19982023, Jewish Women's Archive. Have an update or correction? Pharaohs daughter just happened to have enough influence to save the baby Moses. Alphabetical Exposition of Named Bible Women J Jochebed. Under her influence and teaching, she . Israel (Jacob) and his family had gone into Egypt to escape the famine in Palestine. ( Jacob ) and his family had gone into Egypt to escape the famine in Palestine from Egypt, killed. 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