She was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. 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). Just rememberthis is a trial of your faith planned to bring honor in the day when Jesus reveals himself. At any rate, Pharaohs daughter was determined to give protection to the baby. Conservative scholars date the "Exodus," a landmark in Israel's history, at 1446 B.C. One of the great hymns of the church says: God moves in a mysterious way Jochebed was Amram's aunt, strangely enough; she was his father's sister. Moses, in the wilderness, instructed them to put away pagan gods. Jochebed complied with the royal decree, but in protecting the child from the deep waters of the river, the essential point of the decree (killing the male babies) was disregarded. Would he forget our family? When Jochebed gave birth to a son, she saw that he was a healthy baby. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the 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). Exodus 2, which describes the birth of Moses, does not name her, or, for that matter, the father or sister of Moses. 2:9), she unwittingly prophesied: the word helikhi concealed the truthshelikhi hu [he is yours]. Pharaohs daughter promised Jochebed (ibid. She is identified as Shiphrah, one of the Hebrew midwives who saved the newborn baby boys from Pharaoh. Her hometown was probably Goshen, in the land of Egypt. In his gracious way, God gives us himself, the most desirable dream we could ever imagine. 18:1214 (BT Sanhedrin 58b). By letting go and trusting God, an even greater dream was fulfilled. 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. 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. 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). Yocheved is the major character birth mother of Moses, Miriam, & Aaron in The Prince of Egypt. 6:20). Scripture does not tell us when Jochebed died but it is possible she was still living when the Law of Moses was given. Just like today, true faith was mixed with pagan beliefs. About 1486, the reigning Pharaoh tried to kill Moses when he sought identity with his people Israel, but Moses escaped to Midian. After all she did have a husband and two other children to consider and take care of. Moses, the great law-giver, was born within what would soon be seen as an unlawful union. (NIV). Or would it be wise to just distance herself from this baby and let someone else throw him in the Nile? Our background is not our destiny Those must have been precious years. The Pharaoh in the opening of the book of Exodus was afraid of the Jews because there were so many of them. Thus Jochebed nursed her son until he was old enough and brought him to the Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. 18. 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. There is great historical debate on who was Pharaohs daughter? Life comes with the pain of losses, of giving up and letting go and we are rarely ready to let go. 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 . And the woman took the child, and nursed it (Exodus 2:9). All Israel saw this, and they, too, remarried their wives (Mekhilta de-Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai [ed. He ordered all male Hebrew babies to be killed. 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 had to walk away. 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. This brings us to the influence one mother had on history - not only the history of her family, but the entire history of the children of Israel. Finally, when they did speak, they concluded that Job was among the worst of sinners, and that he suffered as a result of deep sin in his life (Job 4:7). 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. 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. Moses said: The mouth that will speak with God will not nurse something impure [the milk of non-Jews]. Consequently, Miriam came and offered to the daughter of Pharaoh her mother Jochebed, who was a Hebrew (Ex. She is only mentioned twice by name in Scripture, but she is the mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. V. 1 begins with the marriage of Jochebed and Amram, and then the reader is immediately told of Mosess birth, concealment and rescue. The gay analogy must include a marriage relationship not universally accepted in scripture. Rabbah [ed. That Jochebed could still be bearing children at the age of forty-eight might seem unlikely by modern standards. Amram and Jochebed were the parents of Aaron, the first high priest of the nation of Israel; Moses, who led . 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. We don't know but we hope that she too was alive to see the Exodus. Jochebed bore Amram three righteous offspring. Now if Jochebed was Levi's immediate daughter, than she would have been born sometime during Levi's lifetime. She saw that he was a beautiful child, and hid him for three months. Jochebed was the mother of Moses, one of the major characters in the Old Testament. '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. Whats the Definition of faith? We are to walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. 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. 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. Moses was a prophet during biblical times. 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. Amram and Jochebed still enjoyed a forbidden sexual relationship which produced three famous children, Aaron, Miriam and Moses, Exodus 6:20, 15:20. Jochebed: Mother of Moses. Have you ever worked in the baby bed nursery at church? 2:1 portrays their remarriage. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months. 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]. Hebrews 11:23 BY FAITH they hid MosesThey saw life through the eyes of faith. In Thy service pain is pleasure, Or maybe the relationship has been too close, too controlling, or maybe the seasons of life have changed and its hard to let it go and move on. They had faith that God had made promises to them through Abraham that they would be a nation, a people with land, their land. 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. for a little while. She had feelings just like you and I have. We can only get through that kind of disappointment by turning it over to God like Jochebed put her child in his care. 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. Jochebed, his biological mother, loved her son and kept him as long as she could after he was born. Again, the second time, was this time even harder for her? This word conveys the possibility that Jochebed sensed something was special about her new baby boy. 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. While he was still in Egypt, Moses killed an Egyptian guard who was assaulting a Hebrew slave, and he hid the body. The prophecy of 400 years of bondage (Gen 15:13) was coming to a close. Features thousands of biographic and thematic essays on Jewish women around the world. A desperate measure. Can you imagine what it would be like to give away your 3-month-old baby, not knowing what would happen to him? She is noted among the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11. Rabbah 1:16). 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). (NET). [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. 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. 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. What to do? Ex. Hebrew: MSH Mosheh (M. T.), Greek: Mouses, Moses. 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. Lesson two study group Questions (Click Here). The Haggadah extends this miraculous nature to Moses' conception by marking as 120 the age of Jochebed at conception. He does them in a big way if we dare to trust Him. All her choices were difficult. 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. Jochebed nursed Moses for twenty-four months (Ex. Pharaohs daughter, although a heathen princess, had a womans (a mothers) instinct, and one thing that touches a womans heart is a crying baby. Several rabbinic commentaries attest to this and comment that maidenhood was restored to Jochebed at the time of her marriage to Amram. If so, then why does Ex. (2021, September 4). 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. And when the little crib was brought to Pharaohs daughter, she saw that it was a little Hebrew baby. In 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings, she was portrayed by British Actress Anna Savva. So when Jochebed gave birth to Moses. Then verse 18 shows that Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. In the midrashic account, the daughter of Pharaoh saw that Moses was hungry when she drew him from the river. (NET). Rabbah 1:13). The sun has not stopped shining just because the traveler in the tunnel doesnt see it. She loved all of her children dearly and proved this when she risked her life to save her youngest child, Moses, from Pharaoh Seti I's soldiers. Like Jochebed, they trust God to find a loving home for their child. 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. ): 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. Would he forget me? By faith, Jochebed and her husband Amram hid their son Moses even against the king of Egypt's edict that all Hebrew boys should be put to death at birth. She is praised for her faith in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Jochebeds name means, Honor of God or God is glory. She brought him to all the Egyptian women, but Moses was not willing to nurse from any of them. His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him. 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! Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. For unknown reasons, Terah never made it to their destination but stopped and settled in Harran instead. She found herself in a terrible. Just so, when we get beyond our depths, and when we get in deep water, we cry out to God for help. 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 just happened to put Moses in the right spot on the Nile? What are some areas of your life you need to stop holding on to and start trusting God? Lieberman], pp. That day began a new life for my son and for our entire family and me. Amram and Jochebed were strong in their faith during a time where many Israelites had become idolatrous. On what was this confidence and hope based? Her name in Hebrew means "bitterness." Miriam was the first woman in the Bible to be given the title prophetess. D. J. Wiseman (Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1973) 57. According to social media posts written by Gov. Moses fled to Midian, which is in modern-day Saudi Arabia. She named him Moses, saying, Because I drew him from the water.. Can you imagine trying to hide a newborn baby? The life of Jochebed is an amazing demonstration of the walk by faith. For some, there is a lack of the assurance of the forgiveness of past sins. Jochebed was surrounded by grieving mothers. Exodus 2:1-2. and Devorah was as active an anti-vaxxer as you'll see on this site. The Torah seemingly chose to concentrate on the birth of Israels deliverer, and therefore did not mention his two elder siblings. Hugs and kisses and then she turned away and went home. According to the Bible, Jochebed (/ j k b d /; Biblical Hebrew: , romanized: Yee, lit. This would be shallow water, away from the currents that would have carried him down the Nile. 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. Joseph had revealed himself to his eleven brothers and requested that his father come to Egypt, which the family did. The second lesson is for heartbroken people who have to turn their dreams over to God. [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. 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. Miriam fetched her mother, Jochebed -- who was also the baby's mother -- and brought her back. https://www.learnreligions.com/jochebed-mother-of-moses-701165 (accessed March 2, 2023). Numbers 26:58-59 These are the families of the Levitesand Kohath begot Amram. Numbers 26: 59 - "Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram, and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. At the time when the account opens in Exodus 2, the condition of the Children of Israel was very pitiful. ), wife of Amram and mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam (Num. Help JWA continue to lift up Jewish womens stories, this month and every month, by. T. Moses died. The outcome of this brave action of defying the King of Egypt is now known to all. 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. Jochebed was thrilled to be able to raise her son. Pharaohs daughter just happened to have enough influence to save the baby Moses. 2:7, BT Sotah 12b). I imagine he learned about the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and the Great Covenantal promises made to the Hebrews. Devorah and her husband Maurice Sklar ran Maurice Sklar Ministries, founded by Maurice Sklar, which has about 10,000 followers online. THE BIRTH OF THE DELIVERER. A number of miracles were performed for Jochebed in connection with the birth of Moses: she bore him at the age of one hundred and thirty, and God restored her youth and her beauty. 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. [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. According to Exodus 6:20, Jochebed married her nephew; thus, she was Amram's aunt as well as his wife. One of the most stimulating accounts in the Bible, pointing to great faith during trial, is that of Job. [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. 1 Zavada, Jack. 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? His older sister, Miriam (15 years his senior), and his brother 3-year old Aaron were safe from Pharaoh's edict since they were born before it was enacted. Is it your past? As Moses grew up Jochebed educated Moses in the religion and history of Israel, ensuring that Moses did not lose his Hebrew identity. As she raised her children, she implanted the seeds of hope in their hearts. . Marriages with aunts and nieces have been common in many countries, and are not forbidden by any natural instinct. Moses just happened to cry at the right time? We indeed must marvel at Jobs faith. 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. All Israel saw this, and in consequence they also divorced their wives. Jochebed was a daughter of Levi (Exodus 2:1), and the mother of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam (Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59). One such mother is Jochebed in the Bible. 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. 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. Jochebed knew also that God had foretold the bondage in Egypt which they were now experiencing. When trials come our way we must learn to be patient and trust and wait. That same day God swore that the Ark and the Torah would be entrusted to the arms of his descendants (the Kohathites are the only ones who bore the Ark during the journeying in the wilderness, as is attested in Num. Jochebed knew as long as she trusted Jehovah, she had nothing to fear. To save her son's, Moses' life, she made a wooden . Of never-failing skill, The time of darkness is planned by our Heavenly Father to bring praise and glory to Him in the great day when Jesus returns. This is corroborated by another early midrash, that states that Jochebed was one of the offspring of Jacob who went down to Egypt and was also among those who entered the land of Canaan (Seder Olam Rabbah 9). Jochebed was the mother of Moses, one of the major characters in the Old Testament. All must work for good to me. Moses, Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian, lived in the thirteenth and early part of the twelfth century B.C.. NAME. So Jochebed got her own child back, at least for a while. Let us know. What some call fate or luck or it just happened is really Gods providential care. (Isaiah 18:2 writes that the Egyptians made their boats, skiffs out of this material. 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. 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. And works His sovereign will. 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. Answer: According to tradition, Yocheved lived long enough to enter the Holy Land with the Israelites.. Summary of the story of Jochebed in the Bible Generations after Joseph died, the reigning Pharaoh became paranoid. Jochebed was able to use her amazing creativity and courage to solve an impossible problem. [5] Jochebed is also called Amram's father's sister in the Masoretic text of Exodus 6:20, but ancient translations differ in this. In 2433 AM, Jochebed gave birth to . Would he be treated differently because he was Hebrew? The Story 2 R. Alan Cole, Exodus, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, ed. How will you be encouraged by Jochebed to boldly face your fears today? She was curious, what could be in it? Happy Womens History Month! She knew that God would take care of the child. Leah and Rachel: The Mothers Who Had to Share. Exodus 2:10 When the child grew older she brought him to Pharaohs daughter, and he became her son. 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. 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. 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 midrash portrays Jochebed as a wise woman who was righteous and God-fearing. Resources Lockyer's All the Women of the Bible Chapter 2. 26:59; cf. 2. Exodus 2:1-2 A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. Gods providence was seeing to it that Jochebed was being paid from royal funds to look after her own child. This would make Jochebed the aunt of Amram, her husband. It means "the glory of Jehovah." 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