Jochebed
Israelite / Jew Hebrew, tribe of Levi · Exodus & Wilderness · Old Testament
- Name means
- The LORD is glory
- Role
- Mother of Moses, Aaron and Miriam
- When
- Israel's slavery in Egypt
What they did
Hid her baby Moses for three months despite Pharaoh's decree, then placed him in an ark of bulrushes by the river. She was later paid to nurse him for Pharaoh's daughter.
Why it matters: the purpose of their role
By faith she and her husband were not afraid of the king's commandment (Hebrews 11:23), and God preserved Israel's deliverer through her courage.
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. Hebrews 11:23 (KJV)
Bible references
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. Exodus 2:1-3 (KJV)
And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. Exodus 6:20 (KJV)
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. Numbers 26:59 (KJV)
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. Hebrews 11:23 (KJV)
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Amram
- Children
- Aaron, Moses, Miriam
Called 'the daughter of Levi' and Amram's father's sister (Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59).