For three months Jochebed hid Moses in her home, but she could not hide him indefinitely. Rabbi (Judah ha-Nasi) would sit and expound, and the public was drowsing. She brought him to all the Egyptian women, but Moses was not willing to nurse from any of them. In the book of Exodus, he is left in a basket in a clump of reeds (bulrushes), but he is never abandoned. Jewish Women's Archive. 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. Waiting for Breakthrough – Elizabeth’s story. Later she returned with clothing and crib for the child. According to another interpretation, Jochebed named her son “Tov” or “Tobiah,” which was what his parents called him until Pharaoh’s daughter renamed him “Moses” (BT Sotah loc. Moses was a Hebrew (Jewish) child who was adopted by Pharoah's daughter and raised as an Egyptian. Let's learn to praise that. If you want to read the first two Bible studies check out: Zarephath Widow Bible Study – A lesson in courage and surrender. Epstein-Melamed], p. 6; BT Suspected adulteressSotah 12a; Pesikta Rabbati 43). This sequence omits a lengthy period of time, for Jochebed and Amram already had two other children (Aaron and Miriam) when Moses was born. The Torah she-bi-khetav: Lit. She chose bulrushes, a soft and flexible material that is capable of withstanding contact with both soft and hard objects. If the Midrash and Aggadah really contain these lies, the 'rabbis' quoted in them wouldn't know the Torah if it bit them. An additional midrashic explanation of her name is that she smoothed over (shiprah) her daughter Puah’s words. She gathered all the supplies and surreptitiously made a little “ark” (the same Hebrew word as in Noah’s ark). Very few have that distinction: Samson, Samuel, John the Baptist and Jesus to name a few. The Rabbis resolve this abbreviated chronology by stating that Jochebed and Amram divorced, and Ex. Shiphrah placated him, saying: “Do you pay attention to such a one as her? [2] Yet the Cecil B. DeMille movie depicts Joshua as a grown man, and in fact shows him aging but few years during the time that Moses is supposed to be in exile in Midianite country.[3]. Jochebed married her nephew Amram, a grandson of her father. Born shortly after the decree to th… So Jochebed and Miriam took the boy home and Jochebed nursed him. Or sometimes the question is framed, why did Jochebed give Moses up? One of the arguments advanced by Moses was his mother’s suffering. She and her husband, Amram lived around 1571BC to 1613BC or 2,433 years after Creation. We read about it in Exodus 1 and 2. When she saw that he was a “fine” child, she hid him for three months and when she could do so no longer, she made a basket out of bulrushes and … Lit. God returned her child to her, thus granting her a part of her reward for keeping alive the Hebrew boys (Ex. According to another A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules).midrash, Moses rejected the breasts of the Egyptian women because he said: “God will speak with me. 18:12–14 (BT Sanhedrin 58b). Still later, Ramses II sends Moses into exile, but first gives him a Levite cloak (red with alternating black and white stripes) that, he says, Jochebed sent to him before she died. The latest date that Jochebed could have been born was 2385 AM (1620 BC), the year her father died. Jochebed (2 Occurrences) Exodus 6:20 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. Moreover, some historical facts provide that he died in the water, which can be the reference to the Exodus of Jews. Though this project also is flawed, its portrait of Jochebed is consistent with the Biblical narrative. The regimen of rituals, songs and textual readings performed in a specific order on the first two nights (in Israel, on the first night) of Passover.Seder Olam Rabbah 9). The neighbors were surprised to see Jochebed with a baby. "order." 1:17 relates that “the midwives, fearing God, let the boys live”; their reward for fearing God, according to the A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules).midrash, is Torah: because Jochebed feared the Lord, she gave birth to Moses, through whom the Torah was given (Ex. Fearing Israel’s might, Egypt sought to cripple the growing nation. Believing GOD despite the promise of 400 years of slavery (390 for Israel, 1830 BC to 1440 BC Exodus +10 for Joseph). And if all the male children were murdered, it would of course only be a generation or two until as a nation they would be wiped out completely. And then God would be breaking the Law prior to making it? My mother Jochebed’s 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. In the famous Cecil B. DeMille movie The Ten Commandments (where she is credited as Yochebel), she is shown setting Moses adrift in his wicker ark, and then as an aging slave who is almost buried alive by entrapment within two heavy monument stones until Moses, while still a prince of Egypt and even a contender for the throne, sets her free (and also pardons Joshua, who had struck an Egyptian overseer to force the Egyptians to stop moving the stone). Jochebed's encounter with Moses and Joshua together could not have occurred in real life, however. Ex. She gladly poured into her children – including Moses as she was paid a salary for caring for her son. Rabbah 1:26). This was the year that the reigning Pharaoh decreed that every male Hebrew child be thrown into the Nile River. 78). 2:7, BT Suspected adulteressSotah 12b). Floyd Nolen Jones calculates that if Joshua died twenty years after the ending of the seven years of warfare in the Promised Land, as Flavius Josephus states, then he must have been born no earlier than 1534 BC, or no more than three years before Moses' exile. She caulked it with “bitumen and pitch” (Ex. When Moses got too big to hide and his crying became too loud to muffle, Jochebed made a plan. That Jochebed could still be bearing children at the age of forty-eight might seem unlikely by modern standards. Wow, there are so many anti-Bible errors in this report it's not funny. The mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. The story of Jochebed was used by Rabbi (R. Judah ha-Nasi) to divert his audience when they became sleepy. Rabbah [ed. Jochebed Did Not Waste Her Motherhood. Jochebed was desperate to … The regimen of rituals, songs and textual readings performed in a specific order on the first two nights (in Israel, on the first night) of Passover. 26:59): “The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt.” The A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules).midrash adds that she was conceived on the way to Egypt, and was born between the walls (at the entrance to Egypt). "teaching," "study," or "learning." Kadari, Tamar. Join our effort today with a contribution to JWA, Encyclopedia Article: Hannah: Midrash and Aggadah, Encyclopedia Article: Bathsheba: Midrash and Aggadah, Copyright © 1998–2021, Jewish Women's Archive. 1:21), which the Rabbis understand as priestly and Levitical households, or as royal households. Miriam, who was six years old at the time, said: “Father, father, your decree is harsher than that of Pharaoh. Yet the Biblereveals that Levi and his son and grandson all had very long life spans. 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. In all, she simply didn't want her child to die. That Jochebed could still be bearing children at the age of forty-eight might seem unlikely by modern standards. The Lit. When He did, God knew exactly what He was doing. The Bible gives no specific date for the death of Jochebed. Moses’ mother, Jochebed, was a daughter of Levi who married a man of the house of Levi which would become the priestly clan of Israel. Yet another tradition explains that she shiprah her actions before God (i.e., performed good deeds, that were pleasing to the Lord). Conservative scholars date the “Exodus,” a landmark in Israel’s history, at 1446 B.C. Yes, Levi's youngest daughter he had in old age, but long AFTER he entered Egypt. Jochebed gave her son for Israel. 6:20: “Amram took to wife his father’s sister Jochebed.” Amram was the son of Kohath and the grandson of Levi, while Jochebed was the daughter of Levi, and therefore his aunt. In all three explanations, Jochebed immediately comprehended that her son was meant for greatness and she discerned that he possessed unique spiritual qualities. She was not trying to escape her calling or evade her responsibility. Yet the Bible reveals that Levi and his son and grandson all had very long life spans. 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 latest date that Jochebed could have been born was 2385 AM (1620 BC), the year her father died. But Egypt’s efforts were in vain; God was with His people, and He was preparing to bring Israel out of the land. 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” (Cant. 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. Rabbah [ed. Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. ): “I will pay your wages,” from which the Rabbis learned of Jochebed’s 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. The next day the Egyptian women would say that I nursed the one who speaks with the Shekhinah [the Divine Presence]” (Ex. Your site helped us fill in all of the missing pieces!!!!!! Your site also helped us research the background information concerning Amram and Joshebed's marriage. 2:9), she unwittingly prophesied: the word “helikhi” concealed the truth—“shelikhi hu [he is yours].” Pharaoh’s daughter promised Jochebed (ibid. Accordingly, Prov. There is also little question that Jochebed should get a lot of credit for everything Moses did. Jochebed nursed Moses for twenty-four months (Ex. Jochebed herself was from the tribe of Levi, and her two sons Aaron and Moses attained the High Priesthood and the scepter of royalty (BT Suspected adulteressSotah 11b). When Moses was about to die, he addressed God and begged for his life. Rabbah 1:16). "order." Rabbah 1:25; for the identification of Jochebed with Shiphrah, see above). … By merit of her good deeds, she gave birth to the three leaders of the Exodus generation: Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Added to this, Moses was never sentenced to exile. This exegesis teaches of Jochebed’s longevity, and that she was still alive when Moses died. A daubed basket in the Nile was more merciful than the fatal hands of Pharaoh so Jochebed released it, trusting her baby to the water and ultimately to God. The Pharaoh had decreed that all Jewish male infants must die after birth. Everything looked hopeless for the Hebrew slaves. This is corroborated by another early A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules).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 (Lit. Moses’s mother, a Levite, later identified as Jochebed (Numbers 26:59), had married a Levite and given birth to a son. The narrative of her pregnancy with Moses is amusingly incorporated in an exegesis relating to the time of the Rabbis. Little did Jochebed know that Moses would grow up to be a Hebrew lawgiver, statesman, prophet, and leader. I. Because she was the sister of Kohath, who lived for 133 years, she could have lived the same number of years and died five years after the Exodus of Israel. Is God a liar or inconsistent, or are the 'sages' liars not to know Hebrew usage of 'dodato'? (Exodus 2:1-10 ), Miriam was thus old enough to walk and even to speak. The Masoretic Text states that Jochebed was Amram's father's sister. Jochebed was brought up by her father and grandfather. 2385 AM–2518 AM) (ca. More is here: http://brainout.net/MisTrans.h... . That is far more important than any good deed you can invent and pride yourself on (being petty of course). The wording “she placed it among the reeds” (ibid.) Therefore, it makes him the brother of Moses, and that makes Moses the son of Thutmose I. 20 March 2009. Rabbah 1:15:3). She told them of how Pharaoh’s daughter found him and how she was hired to nurse him. Jochebed’s story is the third part of our eight-week Bible study – Ordinary Parents with Extraordinary Faith. Ex. 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. V. 1 begins with the marriage of Jochebed and Amram, and then the reader is immediately told of Moses’s birth, concealment and rescue. This portrayal emphasizes the painstaking attention that Jochebed paid to every detail in the ark. That's far more praiseworthy than little mitzwot people invent. The question of Jochebed’s kinship to Amram arises from the statement in Ex. And the mistakes in the article here keep on getting worse, no sense in trying to correct the many incompetences. ", Adding to the irony, Miriam stepped forward and offered to find a nurse for the baby. Doesn't anyone check the use of Hebrew words before pontificating a lie which would make Moses the first breaker of the Mosaic law? 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 12a–b). Jochebed was able to use her amazing creativity and courage to solve an impossible problem. (Exodus 6:20). Rabbah 1:13). (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Numbers 26:59 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and … 2:3), lining the inside with bitumen, and coating it on the outside with pitch, so that Moses would not smell the bad odor given off by the latter. The Rabbis say that when the daughter of Pharaoh asked of Jochebed: “Take [helikhi] this child and nurse it for me” (Ex. Exodus 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. Our monthly sisterhood discussion of Joshebed , Mother of Moses peaked our interests and led to questions and a discussion that made us pursue more information about Amram's thoughts concerning the Pharoah's decree. 2 tells of the birth of Moses. Consequently, Miriam came and offered to the daughter of Pharaoh her mother Jochebed, who was “a Hebrew” (Ex. Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. Look: Jochebed was YES important, but NOT GOOD DEEDS (can you hate God more than that, to invent 'good deeds' Bible never records) -- but because SHE BELIEVED, Gen 15:6, what God praises in Abraham. The latter had spoken impudently to Pharaoh, who sought to kill her in his anger. The Bible; the Pentateuch; Tanakh (the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographia)Torah also designates Jochebed as the “daughter of Levi” (Num. A compilation of the commentary and discussions of the. So the 'sages' can't count, either. All Israel saw this, and in consequence they also divorced their wives. Though she could have lived through the Exodus of Israel and eventually crossed the Red Sea into the wilderness, the Bible never actually says that she did this. So she took a wicker basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Jochebed's daughter Miriam followed the basket as it drifted into the private beach area that belonged to the royal family. She is only mentioned twice by name in Scripture, but she is the mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. So GOD DEEDS are what made him significant. BELIEF so strong, Jacob enters Egypt knowing he's committing his family to slavery and they all STAY there, knowing that future? 2:1–2 state that he “married a Levite woman. Pharaoh decreed only for this world, but you decreed both for this world and the next [a baby that was born and died as a result of Pharaoh’s decree would merit the World to Come, but an unborn child would not attain this]. According to one opinion, she realized that he was suited to be a prophet; according to another, she saw that he was born circumcised; and according to a third exegetical suggestion, she saw that the entire house was filled with light (BT Sotah 12a). The woman conceived and bore a son,” since she conceived before this second marriage? My mother Jochebed’s 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 the daughter of a Levi man and born in Egypt. The Bible; the Pentateuch; Tanakh (the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographia)Torah relates that the midwives did not fulfill Pharaoh’s command because they feared God, who rewarded them for their actions: “He established households [battim] for them” (Ex. The painting "The Mother of Moses" by Simeon Solomon depicts Jochebed and Miriam looking and holding Moses. "the written Torah." Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. The name Jochebed in Hebrew means - glory of Jehovah or Jehovah is her God gave His Son for the world, John 3:16, 2 Cor. The Masoretic Text states that Jochebed was Amram's father's sister. "order." The princess then hired Jochebed to nurse her own son. (Viewed on January 1, 2021) . We See Her Credentials. Jochebed bore Amram three righteous offspring. 40–41). In fact, when Jesus came and died for our sins at Calvary, that was the greatest expression of love the world would ever see, Rom. It is doubtful whether the decree of the wicked Pharaoh will be fulfilled, but you are righteous, and your decree will undoubtedly be fulfilled.” Amram heeded his daughter, and returned to his wife, whom he remarried in a public celebration with all possible pomp and ceremony: he sat her in a palanquin, Aaron and Miriam danced before her, and the ministering angels proclaimed (Ps. He died for you!) The Masoretic Text states that Jochebed was Amram's father's sister. It is interesting that Scripture tells us three times in Exodus 2:2, Acts 7:20 and Hebrews 11:23 that "she saw that he was a goodly child." Lit. When not specified, "Talmud" refers to the Babylonian Talmud.Talmud discusses this relationship in the context of the incest prohibitions in Lev. In the Jeffrey Katzenberg animated-cartoon project The Prince of Egypt, Jochebed appears briefly setting Moses adrift, and presumably has long died before Moses meets a defiant Miriam who repeats Jochebed's last lullaby to him, thus triggering in him the memory of his true origin. All Israel saw this, and they, too, remarried their wives (Mekhilta de-Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai [ed. Moses said: The mouth that will speak with God will not nurse something impure [the milk of non-Jews]. Rather, the then-reigning Pharaoh signed his death warrant and Moses had to flee like the wanted man that he was. When Moses was born, Jochebed saw (Ex. 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. We wanted to find out whether or not Amram supported Joshebed in her decision to hide Baby Moses. 2:2). Jochebed enjoyed longevity, living to witness the positions of leadership held by her children, and was even one of the Israelites who entered the land of Canaan. . Then she placed Moses into it and set it adrift in the Nile. Thank you and God bless! Jochebed had FAITH. Rabbah loc. 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]. The A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules).midrash portrays Jochebed as a wise woman who was righteous and God-fearing. Though the Bible gives no specific date for Miriam's birth, Ussher suggests that it took place in 2422 AM, eleven years before the birth of Moses.[1]. Jochebed's younger son Moses was born in 2433 AM (1571 BC), about forty-eight years after the death of Jochebed's father Levi (1620 BC). 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. Some of you have lost children to divorce, some have run-away, and some have even died. He said: “Master of the Universe! As the years passed by, Jochebed invested into her boy. teaches that Jochebed put the ark in a protected place, where bushes and reeds grew. . This female votes 'NO'. Aaron, who was the high priest and the father of all the kohanim.Miriam, who was a prophetess, in whose merit the children of Israel had water during the … Rather, this verse teaches that Jochebed’s pregnancy was without suffering, just as she gave birth without pain. The Bible; the Pentateuch; Tanakh (the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographia)Torah seemingly chose to concentrate on the birth of Israel’s deliverer, and therefore did not mention his two elder siblings. The conditions described in the first two chapters of Exodus indicate that indeed those were dark days for the Children of Israel. The Exodus account focuses on the part of Jochebed because it was she, undoubtedly, along with Miriam, who actually carried out the casting of Moses on the Nile. But among all the poor Hebrew slaves, there was one couple who … If so, then why does Ex. Jochebed’s story is one of trust, courage, and faith. "the written Torah." Jochebed understood her role in life as a wife and mother. "teaching," "study," or "learning." But after Joseph died, there arose a Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, and Israel’s welcome grew cold. For seventeen years she was together, with her grandfather, for Jacob died seventeen years after his coming to Egypt. 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. Lieberman], pp. Jochebed succeeded in concealing Moses for three months (Ex. Episode 54: Mamalas: Building Jewish Families. There was once a woman in Egypt, he told them, who gave birth to 600,000 children at once; on being asked who that woman was, he said she was Jochebed, whose son Moses was worth 600,000 Israelites (Cant. This exegesis teaches of Jochebed’s longevity, and that she was still alive when Moses died. The Bible laud’s Jochebed, Moses’ mother for her faith. One of Pharaoh’s daughter’s servants went with them to see where they lived. cit.). Duh. Jochebed appears in at least two motion picture projects depicting the life of Moses and the oppression and Exodus of Israel. Later, when Moses has begun to inquire into his true origins, she reproaches Moses for his Egyptian ideology and his belonging to a religion that worships idols. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Although the Torah asserts that Jacob’s household who came to Egypt numbered seventy souls, the Rabbis noted that only sixty-nine individuals are listed in Gen. 46. Jochebed was a grandaughter of Levi, Hebrew do-dato means 'on his aunt's side', not 'aunt'. One of the explanations of this discrepancy is that Jochebed completed the number seventy; she was not included in the list because she was still in her mother’s womb (Gen. Rabbah 94:9). In the midrashic account, the daughter of Pharaoh saw that Moses was hungry when she drew him from the river. 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-law—Jochebed and Elisheba daughter of Amminadab. The regimen of rituals, songs and textual readings performed in a specific order on the first two nights (in Israel, on the first night) of Passover.Seder Eliyahu Rabbah 29). The latest date that Jochebed could have been born was 2385 AM (1620 BC), the year her father died. The Catholics copied these lies about Jochebed (though maybe she really was old when bearing Moses, am tracing that now in the Hebrew), to make a competing Virgin Mary, equally false and equally demeaning against women. He is, nevertheless, faithful to his roots. She therefore was called “daughter [bat, which also means “young girl”] of Levi,” because she was once again as a young girl (BT Bava Batra 120a). A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules). Jochebed (Hebrew יֹוכֶ֤בֶד, Yohéved, Glory of God) (ca. That Jochebed could still be bearing children at the age of forty-eight might seem unlikely by modern standards. Here is an expansion of the biblical story as I imagine it could have happened. Amram and Jochebed Did NOT Fear the King of Egypt. The 69 total is not 70 since JOSEPH was already in Egypt. So should the Jews be as dumb as the Christians, to feel good about being female? 40–41). 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. It is not known when Jochebed died. The Pharaoh's daughter was bathing in the Nile, when one of her maids saw the basket and brought it to her. 2:1 portrays their remarriage. Why was Moses put in a basket? Pharaoh had commanded the Hebrews to throw all the baby boys in the Nile River (Exodus 1:22), so, in her own way, Jochebed obeyed. 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