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? Rather, this verse teaches that Jochebeds pregnancy was without suffering, just as she gave birth without pain. Jochebed, shes the one, who took him to the Royal Palace. Her hometown was probably Goshen, in the land of Egypt. This would make Jochebed the aunt of Amram, her husband. She was told to do that. "teaching," "study," or "learning." Zavada, Jack. Jochebed was the daughter of a Levi man and born in Egypt. After many hardships, Moses was used by God as his servant to free the Hebrew people from slavery and lead them to the edge of the promised land. Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. While he was still in Egypt, Moses killed an Egyptian guard who was assaulting a Hebrew slave, and he hid the body. I imagine he learned about the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and the Great Covenantal promises made to the Hebrews. 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. Yocheved is the major character birth mother of Moses, Miriam, & Aaron in The Prince of Egypt. For unknown reasons, Terah never made it to their destination but stopped and settled in Harran instead. That was in the year 2238 after Creation. [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. 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. Moses, the great law-giver, was born within what would soon be seen as an unlawful union. We will notice several aspects of Jochebeds faith-walk. The parents of Moses believed the simple promise of Gods Word, and the revelation that after 400 years Israel would be delivered, and that their son was a proper childand so, instead of casting baby Moses into the river, they hid him for three months, and then turned him over to God. "Jochebed: Mother of Moses." The baby was discovered by Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter. Jack Zavada is a writer who covers the Bible, theology, and other Christianity topics. We must remember that the young woman was the kings daughter, and that the hatred for the Israelites was bred into the very core of her being. (Isaiah 18:2 writes that the Egyptians made their boats, skiffs out of this material. (NET). 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. Act out Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses. 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. The cry of the little child aroused the maternal instinct of Pharaohs daughter, and the baby Moses was spared. The gay analogy must include a marriage relationship not universally accepted in scripture. Moses was a fortunate and blessed man. Here then, we have Moses' own parents, living in a relationship clearly condemned as abomination under the Law of Moses. Amram and Jochebed were strong in their faith during a time where many Israelites had become idolatrous. The latest date that Jochebed could have been born was 2385 AM (1620 BC), the year her father died. 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. 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. Ex. 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. Deborah, the only female judge in the Bible, excelled in multiple areas. Rabbah 1:25; for the identification of Jochebed with Shiphrah, see above). Jochebed placed Moses in a basket and released him in the flow of River Nile. 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). Come, disaster, scorn, and pain. What if she had been found out, they would take the baby and kill him, perhaps she would lose her life, potentially the whole family, husband, 2 other children= Miriam=young little girl and Aaron=3 years old. Perhaps there would be some shade too from the sun in the reeds. The answer: It was based on the promises of Gods Word. 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. 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". Amram and Jochebed were strong in their faith during a time where many Israelites had become idolatrous. 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 was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. Why did she do this? Hebrews 11:23 and Exodus 2:1-2 and 6:20. Maurice is a Messianic Jew who frequently channels God. According to Jewish legend, she is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs, in Tiberias. ), and which, consequently, knew not the God of Joseph. The princess adopted Moses eventually but never knew that Jochebed was the little boy's biological mother. After three months Jochebed was forced to obey the decree of Pharaoh. The Bible records, "She gave birth to a son, and . For some, poverty comes, friends disappoint, children bring heartaches, and feelings of inferiority torment. 4041). Exodus 2:2b She hid him for 3 months. 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? A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules). An additional midrashic explanation of her name is that she smoothed over (shiprah) her daughter Puahs words. He ordered all male Hebrew babies to be killed. Again, the second time, was this time even harder for her? JOCHEBED (Heb. Faith is one of the most frequently used words in the Christians vocabulary, but it may be one of the most misunderstood words. She was curious, what could be in it? Joseph had saved the country from a famine, but eventually, he was forgotten by the Egyptian rulers, the Pharaohs. The latter had spoken impudently to Pharaoh, who sought to kill her in his anger. Their lives were made bitter with hard service in mortar and brick, and in many kinds of field labor. " That decree applied only to the men and not to the women. 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 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! 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 . According to another interpretation, Jochebed named her son Tov or Tobiah, which was what his parents called him until Pharaohs daughter renamed him Moses (BT Sotah 12a). 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MartinA Bible Helps Booklet No. "We cannot save our little boy from the forces of death,"Moses' parents decided, "but God can.". So what happens when you trust God, eyewitness account: Miriam is near by, watching and.. Exodus 2:5 Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds. The mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. The conditions described in the first two chapters of Exodus indicate that indeed those were dark days for the Children of Israel. Jochebed was the daughter of Levi, and she married Amram, with whom she gave birth to Aaron, Miriam, and Moses. 2:2). The expected thing for her to do was to have the little boy tilted over into the water. According to another midrash, Moses rejected the breasts of the Egyptian women because he said: God will speak with me. Jochebed was married to Amram. According to the Bible, Jochebed (/ j k b d /; Biblical Hebrew: , romanized: Yee, lit. Question we have to ask is: What do you do when you cant do anything more? Jochebed was aware, when she was expecting a new arrival in the family, that if the child should be a boythe decree was that the male baby would have to perish in the Nile Riverand if the parents disobeyed, they too were subject to death. Whats the Definition of faith? ): 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. This sequence omits a lengthy period of time, for Jochebed and Amram already had two other children (Aaron and Miriam) when Moses was born. This would be shallow water, away from the currents that would have carried him down the Nile. Reply Paul Irvine, CA April 5, 2009 Moses, Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the thirteenth and early part of the twelfth century B.C.. NAME. Jochebeds name means, Honor of God or God is glory. Adoption is a wonderful way to unconditionally love someone but it comes with a painful price tag (as well see in our story). During the few years, Jochebed was permitted to nurse her son, she would have had a profound influence upon him. 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. Moses, in the wilderness, instructed them to put away pagan gods. Jochebed was thrilled to be able to raise her son. In 1571 BC, Pharaoh Ramesses I ordered the extermination of all of the Israelites ' newborn babies to avert a prophecy that one of them would lead the Israelites out of slavery. But who is she? Terah coordinated the journey, intending to go to this new land, but stopped in the city of Haran along the way, where he died at the age of 205. . 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. What would she do if he was snatched out of her arms and taken to certain death? teaches that Jochebed put the ark in a protected place, where bushes and reeds grew. At any rate, Pharaohs daughter was determined to give protection to the baby. 2 tells of the birth of Moses. 6:20). The Haggadah extends this miraculous nature to Moses' conception by marking as 120 the age of Jochebed at conception. Tellings of the birth of Moses story often overlook Jochebed's role in the story from beginning to end. not an ordinary child Hebrew for fine is tov(TOE v)= means good, beautiful Its the same word that used in the Creation account in Genesis 1:4(light), 10(land and sea), 18(sun, moon, stars), 25(animals), 31(mankind, looked and said=very good). 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. It was at this time that Moses was born to Amram and Jochebed. We are to walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Just so, the Son of Righteousness is still shining, although in the dark tunnels of our trials and afflictions, sometimes we fail to see Him. 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. In all three explanations, Jochebed immediately comprehended that her son was meant for greatness and she discerned that he possessed unique spiritual qualities. The next day the Egyptian women would say that I nursed the one who speaks with the Shekhinah [the Divine Presence] (Ex. 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. Nile was considered emanation (em uh ney shun) THE SOURCE of the pagan god Osiris( O sigh rus) and the waters had magical properties. 2. By merit of her good deeds, she gave birth to the three leaders of the Exodus generation: Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. (Amram lived to be 137 years old).". Years she had to love and influence her child for God. The Jews had been in Egypt for 400 years. Every genuine believer in Christ has already demonstrated saving faith, but sustaining faith speaks of the simple trust in God that one needs to exercise daily, in order to live a victorious Christian life and to serve God acceptably. 4 Dr. Thomas Constable, Constables Notes, Lumina, www.bible.org. God could grow a crop of wheat on the concrete pavements of our cities if He wanted to, but He normally expects the farmer to use the means at his disposal to grow a crop of wheat. 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. In all three explanations, Jochebed immediately comprehended that her son was meant for greatness and she discerned that he possessed unique spiritual qualities. Jochebed had such a deep abiding faith in the trustworthiness of Gods Word that it drove her to act. (Her name is first mentioned in Exodus 6:20.) 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. I felt like cold water had been poured all over me. 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. That day began a new life for my son and for our entire family and me. We indeed must marvel at Jobs faith. That Jochebed could still be bearing children at the age of forty-eight might seem unlikely by modern standards. 18. . The afflictions of life are like driving through a tunnel. 2:1 portrays their remarriage. Lit. Hugs and kisses and then she turned away and went home. 14:1: The wisest of women builds her house is applied to Miriam (Midrash Proverbs 14:1). Exodus 6: 20 Would he be treated differently because he was Hebrew? The prophecy of 400 years of bondage (Gen 15:13) was coming to a close. 2:9), she unwittingly prophesied: the word helikhi concealed the truthshelikhi hu [he is yours]. Pharaohs daughter promised Jochebed (ibid. The second lesson is for heartbroken people who have to turn their dreams over to God. PO Box 391 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. Hebrews11:23 they were not afraid of the kings edict. The painting "The Mother of Moses" by Simeon Solomon depicts Jochebed and Miriam looking and holding Moses. 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. "teaching," "study," or "learning." Can you see the Providence of God in this story? Josephus and the Fathers assign the Coptic mo (water) and uses (saved) as the constituent parts of the name. Verbs tell us that she herself opened it and saw Moses and at that very moment he cried. Accordingly, Prov. Zavada, Jack. Lesson two Handout (Click Here). According to Jewish legend, she is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs, in Tiberias. At that same time, Pharaoh's daughter was bathing in the river. 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. My story: Brents diabetes (Another stone of remembrance), When my youngest son was 5 years old he started loosing weight, was always thirsty and he started wetting the bed at night though hed been potty trained for a long time. An Impossible Problem Solver. 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. Yet the Bible reveals that Levi and his son and grandson all had very long life spans. 4. Zavada, Jack. The latest date that Jochebed could have been born was 2385 AM, the year her father died. 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. 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). He does them in a big way if we dare to trust Him. Amram and Jochebed were the parents of Aaron, the first high priest of the nation of Israel; Moses, who led . They took the urine sample and when the doctor came back he coldly said I think your son has diabetes and I want you to go immediately to the Juvenile Diabetes clinic, Ive already called them to tell them youre on your way. And her influence is felt to this day by the followers of the God of the Bible as we read about the great things that her son did for the people of God of his time. Trials and difficulties and obstacles come to all of us, but for the moment, we want to look at the example found in the life of Jochebed. A compilation of the commentary and discussions of the amora'im on the Mishnah. Thus Jochebed nursed her son until he was old enough and brought him to the Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. It seems that God impressed upon their hearts the conviction that their very child, Moses, should be the one whom God would use to bring about the promised deliverance. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile. Lesson two study group Questions (Click Here). The time of darkness is planned by our Heavenly Father to bring praise and glory to Him in the great day when Jesus returns. But in the midst of this trial, she had confidence and hope. One such mother is Jochebed in the Bible. Probably about 3 years. When Moses was born, Jochebed saw (Ex. 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. First, we need to estimate the population that went down to Egypt with Jacob, the amount of time and generations that elapsed between then and the Exodus, and any relevant data points that . 3 But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 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. For others, health deteriorates, death takes a loved one, and plans for the future are shattered. 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