Jochebed was a Levite woman and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. She is known for her courageous faith when she hid her newborn son Moses for three months to save him from Pharaoh's death decree against Hebrew baby boys, and then placed him in a basket among the reeds on the Nile. Her actions were crucial for Israel's future deliverance from Egypt.
When Moses was born, Jochebed saw that he was a beautiful child. In faith, she hid him for three months to protect him from Pharaoh's command to kill all Hebrew baby boys.
23By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
When Jochebed could no longer hide Moses, she made a basket of papyrus, sealed it with tar and pitch, put the child in it, and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
3When she could hide him no longer, she got a basket of papyrus, coated it with tar and pitch, laid the child in it, and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Pharaoh's daughter found the child by the river. Miriam, Moses' sister, offered to get a Hebrew nurse, and brought Jochebed so that she could nurse her own child.
5Then Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe in the Nile while her attendants walked along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to fetch it.
10When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "Because I drew him out of the water." [Footnote: The name Moses sounds like the Hebrew word meaning "to draw out."]
The book of Hebrews highlights the faith of Moses' parents, who in faith hid their child for three months without fearing the king's command, showing Jochebed's deep trust in God.
23By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.