Pharaohs daughter just happened to have enough influence to save the baby Moses. The God of Israel was more real to Amram and Jochebed than was the king of Egypt. Moses was a prophet during biblical times. The conditions described in the first two chapters of Exodus indicate that indeed those were dark days for the Children of Israel. Pharaoh of ancient Egypt saw that the Hebrews were multiplying greatly and feared that they would consider a revolt. And after Jochebed did all that she could, she went back homeundoubtedly with a great sense of trust that God would work things out according to His plan. If you want to read the first two Bible studies check out: Zarephath Widow Bible Study - A lesson in courage and surrender. Numbers 26: 59 - "Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram, and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. Jochebed's name means, "Honor of God" or "God is glory". 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Doing nothing would have condemned Moses to death at the hands of the Egyptian death squads. ): I will pay your wages, from which the Rabbis learned of Jochebeds righteousness: like the righteous, she merited the return of what she had lost (her son), and in addition received reward for it (for having nursed him) (Ex. 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. For some, poverty comes, friends disappoint, children bring heartaches, and feelings of inferiority torment. [23] According to biblical scholars, the Torah's genealogy for Levi's descendants, is actually an aetiological myth reflecting the fact that there were four different groups among the Levites the Gershonites, Kohathites, Merarites, and Aaronids;[24] Aaron the eponymous ancestor of the Aaronids couldn't be portrayed as a brother to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, as the narrative about the birth of Moses (brother of Aaron), which textual scholars attribute to the earlier Elohist source, mentions only that both his parents were Levites (without identifying their names). Jochebed knew as long as she trusted Jehovah, she had nothing to fear. She was only shown onscreen at the time that Moses was exiled and got to meet his biological mother. Have you ever been there? The children of Israel were still in Egypt, but they were no longer honoured by the Egyptians as the people of their great deliverer, Joseph. Also read Numbers 26:58-59. Josephus and the Fathers assign the Coptic mo (water) and uses (saved) as the constituent parts of the name. Jochebed was given the name Shiphrah because she would cleanse (meshaperet) the newborn, by washing it and cleaning it after birth; another etymological explanation is that, by merit of her deeds, the Israelites were fruitful [she-paru] and multiplied in her time (Sifrei on Numbers, para. Exodus 6:20 And Amram took his aunt Jochebed to him for a wife. The baby was discovered by Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter. Thus Jochebed nursed her son until he was old enough and brought him to the Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. The second lesson is for heartbroken people who have to turn their dreams over to God. = Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Jochebed was the mother of Moses, one of the major characters in the Old Testament. Yocheved was the youngest member of the seventy souls who made up Jacob's household. According to this tradition, Amram was the leading scholar of the generation. The name Jochebed is the earliest known compounded with Jah, or Jehovah. One of the most stimulating accounts in the Bible, pointing to great faith during trial, is that of Job. 2:1 portrays their remarriage. When Jacob went to stay with his uncle Laban, he met one of his daughters, Rachel, and loved her. Miriam, the baby's sister, watched to see what would happen. Her name in Hebrew means "bitterness." Miriam was the first woman in the Bible to be given the title prophetess. Years passed. All three point to Christ. (Genesis 1:7-10) Pharaoh gave the midwives an order to kill any boy that was born of the Hebrew women . 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. She is identified as Shiphrah, one of the Hebrew midwives who saved the newborn baby boys from Pharaoh. Jochebed his father's sister. Born shortly after the decree to throw Hebrew newborn boys in the Nile, Moses escaped death through adoption by pharaoh's daughter. 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. Jochebed was able to use her amazing creativity and courage to solve an impossible problem. 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). 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. She brought him to all the Egyptian women, but Moses was not willing to nurse from any of them. After Moses was born, Yocheved hid him at home for three months. Jochebed was surrounded by grieving mothers. Joseph, Jacob's son, was a ruler in Egypt at that time and the children of Jacob (Israel) were treated kindly. She was told to do that. The babys own mother. She did not sit down and brood about the current situation in Egypt, and say, If this child is to be Israels deliverer, God will somehow spare him and deliver him; theres nothing we can do; so well throw him in the river, and if God wants him, He can save him. She knew that God expects us to do our part, and that He will not do for us what we are able to do for ourselves. 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. One of the arguments advanced by Moses was his mothers suffering. 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). A careful reader of the Bible account can almost picture Miriam (the older sister of Moses) running to her mother and telling her what had happened. And she bore to him Aaron and Moses. Have you ever had to give up and let go of someone or something very precious to you? The prophecy of 400 years of bondage (Gen 15:13) was coming to a close. 2:2). Faith and trust in God knows that God often works behind the scenes of our lives. We often think of this passage as the story of Moses, but it might be more appropriate to call it the story of Jochebeda woman who is relatively unknown to many Christians. When the plan to have the midwives kill all the male newborns failed, Pharaoh gave the order to throw all baby boys into the Nile, drown them. 18:1214 (BT Sanhedrin 58b). Then she put the baby in it and set it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile River. God had told Abraham, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance (Genesis 15:13-14). Just rememberthis is a trial of your faith planned to bring honor in the day when Jesus reveals himself. Hugs and kisses and then she turned away and went home. Much of what we know about Jochebed is recorded in the first ten verses of Exodus 2. 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). Amram married Jochebed who was also from the tribe of Levi, one of Jacobs 12 sons. Jochebed was paid to nurse and care for the boy, her own son until he grew. According to Jewish legend, Jochebed is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs, in Tiberias. Truthfully, there is a certain amount of pain, a loneliness pain, when they leave home to go to college, when they get married, when they start their own life. Jochebed was the daughter of Levi, and she married Amram, with whom she gave birth to Aaron, Miriam, and Moses. [25] Biblical scholars suspect that the Elohist account offers both matrilinial and patrilinial descent from Levites in order to magnify the religious credentials of Moses. 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. JOCHEBED (Heb. 2:1), and thus was Amram's paternal aunt (Ex. Exodus 6: 20 We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us - including overcoming our greatest fears. The latter had spoken impudently to Pharaoh, who sought to kill her in his anger. (2021, September 4). 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. Maybe youve not given a child up for adoption, but Im sure that most everyone here has some experience with giving up something precious to you. Lesson two study group Questions (Click Here). (Amram lived to be 137 years old).". Can you see the Providence of God in this story? Jochebed which in Hebrew means: The Honor of Jehovah. I wonder if she picked him up, cuddled him to stop his cries; did he smile at her and melt her heart? When the child was born, the baby was a boy, and we learn in Exodus 2:10 that he was later named Moses.. Devorah and her husband Maurice Sklar ran Maurice Sklar Ministries, founded by Maurice Sklar, which has about 10,000 followers online. Go then, earthly fame and treasure, The life of Jochebed is an amazing demonstration of the walk by faith. 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]. Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Jochebed: Mother of Moses. And down through the ages mothers have gone to great measures that required courage to guide and protect their children. Amram Remarries Jochebed His Name Bringing Heaven Down to Earth Sinless Amram Marries Jochebed Amram married his aunt Jochebed in Egypt. Job had some low points in his experience, but repeatedly he expressed his confidence in Gods faithfulness. Mike Huckabee, Devorah Sklar (still trying to get her exact age) has died of COVID. [15], Some rabbinic literature attempts to resolve the textual discrepancy in which the Torah lists 34 children of Leah born in Mesopotamia, stating that two were dead, and then immediately states that there were 33 in total,[16] by arguing that the figure referred only to the surviving children, and that Jochebed was the 33rd;[17][18] however, since the Book of Numbers describes Jochebed's birth as occurring in Egypt,[1] this necessitated the further rabbinic argument that Jochebed was born exactly on the border of Egypt, in the gateway of the city. ), wife of Amram and mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam (Num. He wanted her for his wife and was willing to . When Moses was born, Jochebed saw (Ex. The story of Jochebed is thought to be described in the Book of Exodus (2:110) although she is not explicitly named here. 4041). Now if Jochebed was Levi's immediate daughter, than she would have been born sometime during Levi's lifetime. In 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings, she was portrayed by British Actress Anna Savva. We know from history that all the kings in Pharaohs day had bath houses, such as even the wealthiest do not possess in our day. . An additional midrashic explanation of her name is that she smoothed over (shiprah) her daughter Puahs words. 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. First, many unwed mothers refuse to have an abortion, yet have no choice but to place their baby for adoption. The narrative of her pregnancy with Moses is amusingly incorporated in an exegesis relating to the time of the Rabbis. How did Jochebed help Moses become a Hebrew? Certainly faith in God, that He exists, that He made a covenant with Abraham that set them apart as a chosen people, His people. 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". The story of Moses' mother is found in chapter two of Exodus, Exodus 6:20, and Numbers 26:59. Life comes with the opportunity to learn the art of Releasing when we have no control, of dealing with extenuating circumstances that we can do nothing about. They first became unlawful by the positive command recorded in Leviticus 18:12. 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. Thats how God does things. She caulked it with bitumen and pitch (Ex. Jochebed: Levi's daughter and Amram's wife. Can you fill in the blank _____ Lord I hear You saying Let it go and trust Me with it, Women of Influence, women who are affecting their world, their family, their workplace, their friends for good for God have open hands. Amram and Jochebed still enjoyed a forbidden sexual relationship which produced three famous children, Aaron, Miriam and Moses, Exodus 6:20, 15:20. When Moses, her youngest child, was born, Jochebed hid him for three months until she could hide him no longer. About 1486, the reigning Pharaoh tried to kill Moses when he sought identity with his people Israel, but Moses escaped to Midian. Moses, in the wilderness, instructed them to put away pagan gods. With Thy favorloss is gain. 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. Women of Influence choose to: Truth: Let it go and trust God. The film The Ten Commandments calls her "Yoshebel". Verbs tell us that she herself opened it and saw Moses and at that very moment he cried. The Rabbis say that when the daughter of Pharaoh asked of Jochebed: Take [helikhi] this child and nurse it for me (Ex. [19], According to traditional rabbinic biblical chronology, Moses was 80 years old when the Exodus occurred, the Israelites had been in Egypt for 210 years in total, and thus in combination with the rabbinical claim that Jochebed was born on the border of Egypt, as her parents had entered it, this would require Jochebed to have been 130 years old when she gave birth to Moses;[20] Rabbinical literature regards this to have been alluded to be the biblical description of the dedication of the Israelite altar, at which 130 shekel weight of silver was offered. Jochebed, shes the one, who took him to the Royal Palace. But this couple worshipped Jehovah God. Again, the second time, was this time even harder for her? The afflictions of life are like driving through a tunnel. THE BIRTH OF THE DELIVERER. Answer (1 of 15): Yes, it was forbidden in Lev. Like Jochebed, we won't always foresee God's purpose in letting go, but we can trust that his plan is even better. We will notice several aspects of Jochebeds faith-walk. We don't know but we hope that she too was alive to see the Exodus. The time of darkness is planned by our Heavenly Father to bring praise and glory to Him in the great day when Jesus returns. Yet the Bible reveals that Levi and his son and grandson all had very long life spans. Maybe its a relationship that is toxic and you need to make a hard choice. When she placed little Moses in the Nile River that day, Jochebed could not have known that he would grow up to be one of God's greatest leaders, chosen to rescue the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt. 2:9), she unwittingly prophesied: the word helikhi concealed the truthshelikhi hu [he is yours]. Pharaohs daughter promised Jochebed (ibid. The story of his birth ( Exodus 2:1-10) is followed by an account of his killing of an Egyptian and the flight to Midian ( Exodus 2:11-16 ). A little boy spent many hours making a small boat and then he took it to the lake. (Maybe an angel stood there and pinched the baby so that he would cry at the right time.). In the midrashic exegesis, the Egyptians counted the months of her pregnancy only from her return to Amram; they did not know that she was already in the third month (see above), and so Moses could be hidden in his parents home until he had had time to grow and develop. 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 lived in Egypt, where the descendants of Israel were being oppressed. According to another midrash, Moses rejected the breasts of the Egyptian women because he said: God will speak with me. Pharaohs daughter, although a heathen princess, had a womans (a mothers) instinct, and one thing that touches a womans heart is a crying baby. We go through many trials in our life, but Jochebed, a woman who feared God, had the one of the worst nightmares of any mother. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile. Numbers 26:58-59 These are the families of the Levitesand Kohath begot Amram. According to Exodus 6:20, Jochebed married her nephew; thus, she was Amram's aunt as well as his wife. Jochebed gave birth to Moses, future Giver of the Law, and cleverly spared him from death as an infant. "We cannot save our little boy from the forces of death,"Moses' parents decided, "but God can.". It means "the glory of Jehovah." Rabbah 1:13). Jochebed was the daughter of a Levi man and born in Egypt. The painting "The Mother of Moses" by Simeon Solomon depicts Jochebed and Miriam looking and holding Moses. Some of you have lost children to divorce, some have run-away, and some have even died. If so, then why does Ex. 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. Keep him quiet? Why did she do this? 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. On the foundation of Gods promise not to destroy Israel, and on the basis of a four hundred year servitudethe parents of Moses believed that God would preserve him and use him for His purpose. This is a clear example of how God gives, provides, and answers more abundantly than we can even ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). She and her husband, Amram lived around 1571BC to 1613BC or 2,433 years after Creation. Yet the Bible reveals that Levi and his son and grandson all had very long life spans. Her hometown was probably Goshen, in the land of Egypt. Jesus reminds us that there will be those who are last which shall be first and first which shall be last (Luke 13:30). 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. Why did Terah died in Haran? According to one midrashic view, Shiphrah and Puah were mother and daughter Jochebed and Miriam, while another states that they were daughter-in-law and mother-in-lawJochebed and Elisheba daughter of Amminadab. Jochebed knew also that God had foretold the bondage in Egypt which they were now experiencing. What some call fate or luck or it just happened is really Gods providential care. The ruler had thought sparing women was safe, but the midwives, the Hebrew mother, the daughter of Pharaoh, and Miriam, all work together to spare one child5. The question of Jochebeds kinship to Amram arises from the statement in Ex. As she raised her children, she implanted the seeds of hope in their hearts. 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. 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. Jochebed was the mother of Moses, one of the major characters in the Old Testament. "Jochebed: Mother of Moses." Exodus 2, which describes the birth of Moses, does not name her, or, for that matter, the father or sister of Moses. Conservative scholars date the "Exodus," a landmark in Israel's history, at 1446 B.C. Although her jealously later in life led to . Their heartbreak at giving up their baby is balanced by God's favor when they obey his command not to kill the unborn. So we know some of the Jews had compromised. God always honors such faith as theirs. There arc three arks mentioned in Scripture. Moses' sister, Miriam, accompanied her younger brother when he led the Hebrew people in their escape from slavery in Egypt. It is an unquestionable fact of scripture that God blessed the forbidden marriage of Amram and Jochebed. Joseph had revealed himself to his eleven brothers and requested that his father come to Egypt, which the family did. Let us know. Jochebed showed great trust in God's faithfulness. To adopt a child means someone has to give up a child. (NET). Jochebed hid Moses because he was in danger of being killed since he was a Hebrew boy. Hebrews 11:23 BY FAITH they hid MosesThey saw life through the eyes of faith. Jochebed succeeded in concealing Moses for three months (Ex. ), and which, consequently, knew not the God of Joseph. Moses would become God's servant who would lead Israel out of Egypt. Two lessons emerge from her story. Did Amram marry his aunt? Yocheved was the daughter of Levi, Jacob 's son. Jacob, too, married two sisters t. Answering:, "Jochebed couldn't have gone to the Holy land because God killed off the entire generation that left Egypt except for Caleb and Joshua as punishment. Perhaps there would be some shade too from the sun in the reeds. She had feelings just like you and I have. In addition to her given name, the Torah she-bi-khetav: Lit. At any rate, Pharaohs daughter was determined to give protection to the baby. Come, disaster, scorn, and pain. Exodus 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. Joseph had saved the country from a famine, but eventually, he was forgotten by the Egyptian rulers, the Pharaohs. Jesus says to us, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:31-32). The next day the Egyptian women would say that I nursed the one who speaks with the Shekhinah [the Divine Presence] (Ex. I want to be sure to add, even if this sounds like heresy in our health, wealth, prosperity theology culture: When you let go and trust God not all babies in baskets are rescued, not all illnesses are healed, not all jobs are restored, not all relationships are mended but this is True: when you let go and trust Him God is glorified and He will work it out for ultimate good. [27], Stories of unusual events during the pregnancy of Aminah, mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[28] are compared with the similar experiences of Jochebed when she was carrying Moses. Robert Lehigh, Editor
https://www.learnreligions.com/jochebed-mother-of-moses-701165 (accessed March 2, 2023). Here then, we have Moses' own parents, living in a relationship clearly condemned as abomination under the Law of Moses. Jochebed was a human being just as all of us are today. Hebrew: MSH Mosheh (M. T.), Greek: Mouses, Moses. Miriam, who was six years old at the time, said: Father, father, your decree is harsher than that of Pharaoh. Text says she went to bathe in the Nile. It is doubtful whether the decree of the wicked Pharaoh will be fulfilled, but you are righteous, and your decree will undoubtedly be fulfilled. Amram heeded his daughter, and returned to his wife, whom he remarried in a public celebration with all possible pomp and ceremony: he sat her in a palanquin, Aaron and Miriam danced before her, and the ministering angels proclaimed (Ps. He lived 137 years. Lieberman], pp. She appears briefly in The Prince of Egypt under the name 'Yocheved', voiced by (and resembling) Israeli vocalist Ofra Haza. Trials are of many kinds and they change from day to dayand vary from person to person. 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. 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). for a little while. Only because she trusted the Lord could she abandon her son rather than see him killed. Jochebed made a decision, and she made a plan. Rabbah [ed. In fact, the goodness and mercy of God were so great that the mother was even paid for nursing her own son! They may have desired a happy marriage, a successful career, developing their talent, or some other worthwhile goal, yet circumstances prevented it. Thats a significant fact. Tellings of the birth of Moses story often overlook Jochebed's role in the story from beginning to end. On what was this confidence and hope based? Although the Torah asserts that Jacobs household who came to Egypt numbered seventy souls, the Rabbis noted that only sixty-nine individuals are listed in Gen. 46. In his gracious way, God gives us himself, the most desirable dream we could ever imagine. The Pharaoh in the opening of the book of Exodus was afraid of the Jews because there were so many of them. When you let go, when you released that person or that thing, did you feel like part of you was breaking; now there was some new emptiness in your life? The cry of the little child aroused the maternal instinct of Pharaohs daughter, and the baby Moses was spared. Amram married his fathers sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. According to the Bible, Jochebed (/ j k b d /; Biblical Hebrew: , romanized: Yee, lit. The Bible; the Pentateuch; Tanakh (the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographia)Torah also designates Jochebed as the daughter of Levi (Num. 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). He had two mothers who loved him, two mothers who did all they could to save him from a certain death. Where it didnt matter which decision you made, they all seemed risky? She is described as the daughter of Levi, born to him in Egypt (Num. [2] No details are given concerning her life. 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