F. Pharaoh's daughter knew Moses was a Hebrew baby. Pharaohs daughter just happened to see the basket? 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. From that marriage, Moses was born. There arc three arks mentioned in Scripture. We can only get through that kind of disappointment by turning it over to God like Jochebed put her child in his care. The wording she placed it among the reeds (ibid.) The name Jochebed is the earliest known compounded with Jah, or Jehovah. She did . Yet in the Book of Exodus, it is explicitly mentioned that Jochebed was the sister of Kohath thus making her the aunt of Amram. V. 1 begins with the marriage of Jochebed and Amram, and then the reader is immediately told of Mosess birth, concealment and rescue. The time of darkness is planned by our Heavenly Father to bring praise and glory to Him in the great day when Jesus returns. Jochebed's name means, "Honor of God" or "God is glory". 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. Amram and Jochebed still enjoyed a forbidden sexual relationship which produced three famous children, Aaron, Miriam and Moses, Exodus 6:20, 15:20. Think of her alterative choices. Exodus 6: 20 - "Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons Aaron and Moses. The latest date that Jochebed could have been born was 2385 AM, the year her father died. 2 R. Alan Cole, Exodus, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, ed. What strong faith this woman had, but also what courage. The Apostle Peter says, That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:7). Jochebed is usually lost in the shadow of her famous son, Moses, and although she is many times forgotten when studying Exodus 2:1-10, surely in Heaven Jochebed is well known. She named him Moses. The child, found by the pharaoh's daughter while bathing, was reared in the Egyptian court. The latter had spoken impudently to Pharaoh, who sought to kill her in his anger. And in Ephesians 6:16, we read, Above all, (put on) the shield of faith, (by which you) shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. The shield of faith is the piece of armor which we are to use to quench the flaming arrows of the evil one! Instead of letting him be murdered, she took a basket and coated the bottom with tar, to make it waterproof. When she no longer could keep him, she gave him away to save his life. For unknown reasons, Terah never made it to their destination but stopped and settled in Harran instead. Would he be treated differently because he was Hebrew? 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. In the midrashic account, the daughter of Pharaoh saw that Moses was hungry when she drew him from the river. 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). Jochebed was the mother of Moses, one of the major characters in the Old Testament. Her appearance is short and we are not told much about her, but one trait stands out: trust in God. But among all the poor Hebrew slaves, there was one couple who did not despair. Born into a Levite family, Moses' natural parents, Jochebed (mother) and Amram (father) reared Moses until he was about 3 months old. Whats the Definition of faith? Another midrash has Jochebed building a little canopy for Moses inside the ark, for she said to herself: Perhaps I will not see him under his wedding canopy (BT Sotah 12ab). 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). With Thy favorloss is gain. With tears running down his cheek, he appealed to an older brother for help, and the brother picked up big stones and threw them out toward the boat. Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Also read Numbers 26:58-59. One of her maidservants saw the basket and brought it to her. But there came a day when he grew older When Jochebed had to let him go AGAINto let him go and trust God again. After you had given birth, held that baby, nursed, rocked and stayed up all night trying to ease his crying and then to give him up? What are some areas of your life you need to stop holding on to and start trusting God? Maybe you need to let go of a dream that is not going to come true; yet, the idea of letting it go seems too painful. Someone is always crying. Jochebed was married to Amram. 2 tells of the birth of Moses. Faith is one of the most frequently used words in the Christians vocabulary, but it may be one of the most misunderstood words. United States of America, (Click + to show other publications in this category), (A Study of Acts 18:1-26 and Romans 16:3-5), (Click + to show other publications that have this tag). Let us know. The Exodus Rabbah argues that when the Pharaoh instructed midwives to throw male children into the Nile, Amram divorced Jochebed, who was three months pregnant with Moses at the time, but Miriam soon persuaded him to marry Jochebed again;[10] it goes on to argue that the Egyptians estimated the date that Moses would be due to be born by counting nine months from the start of this marriage, hence allowing Jochebed to hide him for the three months that were overestimated. Trials are of many kinds and they change from day to dayand vary from person to person. Why did she do this? So we know some of the Jews had compromised. The Rabbis resolve this abbreviated chronology by stating that Jochebed and Amram divorced, and Ex. When Moses was about to die, he addressed God and begged for his life. She appears briefly in The Prince of Egypt under the name 'Yocheved', voiced by (and resembling) Israeli vocalist Ofra Haza. 2. Meet Miriam: Moses' Sister and Prophetess During the Exodus. Who was the mother of kohath? We must put on the shield of faith and believe that God is sending the trials to prepare us for even greater blessings. The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Can you imagine what it would be like to give away your 3-month-old baby, not knowing what would happen to him? The narrative in Exodus 2 about Moses' birth introduces her, without providing her name, as a member of the priestly tribe Levi; she marries a Levitical man, also unnamed here.The mother, in defiance of the Pharaoh's order that every male Hebrew . According to this tradition, Amram was the leading scholar of the generation. Numbers 26: 59 - "Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram, and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. Gods providence was seeing to it that Jochebed was being paid from royal funds to look after her own child. Answer: As the verse doesn't state what Jochebed's intentions were, the matter is open to speculation. [6] In the Apocryphal Testament of Levi, it is stated that Jochebed was born, as a daughter of Levi, when Levi was 64 years old. 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. Verbs tell us that she herself opened it and saw Moses and at that very moment he cried. His possessions were all gone; his body was racked with pain; his wife added to the pain of his soul by urging him to curse God and cry out for death. Jochebed: Levi's daughter and Amram's wife. Exodus 2:2b She hid him for 3 months. 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. Although her jealously later in life led to . Like Jochebed, they trust God to find a loving home for their child. This king observed that the Hebrew people were growing in numbers, and fearing that they might soon outnumber the Egyptians themselves, the new Pharaoh began seeking ways of reducing the number of Hebrews and keeping them subject to Egyptian authority. His three friends sat for seven days and simply shook their heads in despair without saying a word (Job 2:13). 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. 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. As Moses grew up Jochebed educated Moses in the religion and history of Israel, ensuring that Moses did not lose his Hebrew identity. Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 02:24, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jochebed&oldid=1140850169, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 02:24. And she bore to him Aaron and Moses. They had faith that God had made promises to them through Abraham that they would be a nation, a people with land, their land. The Pharaoh's daughter agreed and so Miriam called her mother, who was appointed to take care of him. When he saw that Pharaoh had decreed that all the boys be cast into the Nile, he proclaimed: Are we laboring in vain? (we give birth to sons who will eventually be killed), and so he divorced his wife. 4. Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. Exodus 1:10-14 describes the hardships placed upon the Hebrew people. 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. Jochebed, shes the one, who took him to the Royal Palace. Doing nothing would have condemned Moses to death at the hands of the Egyptian death squads. Moses, in the wilderness, instructed them to put away pagan gods. 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. Lockyer's All the Women of the Bible - Jochebed. If so, then why does Ex. 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. She was portrayed by Martha Scott. (Viewed on March 1, 2023) . She lived in Egypt, where the descendants of Israel were being oppressed. 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. That day began a new life for my son and for our entire family and me. Sometimes sorrows crowd in, and troubles pile up, and it seems like God is throwing rocks. He went from her arms to the arms of Pharaohs daughter. He said: Master of the Universe! Jochebed made a decision, and she made a plan. The midrash portrays Jochebed as a wise woman who was righteous and God-fearing. 'YHWH is glory') was a daughter of Levi and mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses.She was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. Just so, when we get beyond our depths, and when we get in deep water, we cry out to God for help. The choice to hid the baby put the whole family at risk. (NET). After Moses was born, Yocheved hid him at home for three months. Years passed. Imagine the emotions, the feelings Jochebed had as she placed him down and backed away. Under her influence and teaching, she . Is it your past? Thus Jochebed nursed her son until he was old enough and brought him to the Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. Not only was Moses spared, but his older sister (later identified as Miriam in Exodus 15:20), who was standing somewhere within sight, offered the Egyptian princess her services. If the Pharaoh here is Rameses (RAM uh sees) II, he had over 60 daughters.3 We dont know, but whoever she was, she had enough influence to kill Moses or keep him alive. Much of what we know about Jochebed is recorded in the first ten verses of Exodus 2. Their heartbreak at giving up their baby is balanced by God's favor when they obey his command not to kill the unborn. It was by faith that he was hidden, not by fear! " That decree applied only to the men and not to the women. She breathed air just like you and I do. The mother of Moses is famous in the eyes of God, not because she bore the baby Moses, but because of her faitha faith that knew no defeat. Yet the Bible reveals that Levi and his son and grandson all had very long life spans. Rabbah 7:3; Ex. The mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. Hugs and kisses and then she turned away and went home. She was the only surviving child of Thutmose I . All must work for good to me. Zavada, Jack. Whatever it is, we must remember that God is still on the thronethat He is behind the scenes working out all things for our ultimate good. 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. It took faith to place the child in the river. Hebrews11:23 they were not afraid of the kings edict. 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]. At just this moment, Miriam steps forward and approaches the daughter and volunteers her service to find a Hebrew woman to nurse the child, and whom did she bring back? 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 just happened to put Moses in the right spot on the Nile? My pastor often says Give up the hope of a better past, its keeping you from a better tomorrow Past hurt, past decision? Exodus 1:14 concludes by saying, All their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. But even this severe treatment did not serve to decrease the number of the Children of Israel, and so in desperation, the Egyptian king decreed that every male child born to the Hebrews should be cast into the river. He does them in a big way if we dare to trust Him. I think we can see the fond expression on the mothers face as she said with great joy, I knew that God would provide! Jochebeds faith was rewarded by being reunited to her own child. 78). "Jochebed: Midrash and Aggadah." The Scripture says, And, behold, the babe wept (Exodus 2:6). teaches that Jochebed put the ark in a protected place, where bushes and reeds grew. [17][18] Biblical scholars have instead simply proposed that the discrepancy in the enumeration of Leah's children is due to the list not originally having included Dinah, who was added by a later editor to introduce consistency with the story of the Rape of Dinah. Thus Jochebed nursed her son until he was old enough and brought him to the Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. Exodus 2:1 A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. Act out Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses. Lesson two study group Questions (Click Here). She knew that God would take care of the child. What to do? This would make Jochebed the aunt of Amram, her husband. 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. 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. All her choices were difficult. The basket fell in the hands of the Pharaoh's daughter who was bathing in the river. Answer (1 of 15): Yes, it was forbidden in Lev. Rabbah 1:25). Jochebed was paid to nurse and care for the boy, her own son until he grew. This kind of marriage between relatives was later forbidden by the law of Moses. Lesson two study group Questions (Click Here). 2:1), and thus was Amram's paternal aunt (Ex. One of the arguments advanced by Moses was his mothers suffering. Amram and Jochebed were the parents of Aaron, the first high priest of the nation of Israel; Moses, who led . Have you ever been there? Maybe its something material, a possession you have? By faith, Jochebed placed her son, Moses, in a papyrus basket and placed it in the Nile River where the Pharaohs daughter found the basket and child. She caulked it with bitumen and pitch (Ex. (Isaiah 18:2 writes that the Egyptians made their boats, skiffs out of this material. Genuine faith also has rewards. (NET), Exodus 6:20 Amram married his fathers sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. 18:1214 (BT Sanhedrin 58b). Jochebed and her husband served God and all though we know not a lot about them, their son Moses saved the Israelis from the Egyptians. 26:59; cf. This sequence omits a lengthy period of time, for Jochebed and Amram already had two other children (Aaron and Miriam) when Moses was born. Text says she went to bathe in the Nile. 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