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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Jochebed (Woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness)
The mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses, and Amram's wife. She hid Moses for three months, set him in a basket on the Nile, and was then paid to nurse her own son for Pharaoh's daughter.
The mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses, and Amram's wife. She hid Moses for three months, set him in a basket on the Nile, and was then paid to nurse her own son for Pharaoh's daughter.
Jochebed was the wife of Amram and the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses (Numbers 26:59). She hid the infant Moses for three months and then placed him in a basket on the Nile to save him from Pharaoh's decree, and later nursed him as his hired wet nurse after Pharaoh's daughter drew him from the water (Exodus 2:1-10).
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- Exodus 6:20
- Numbers 26:59
