Acts 7:22 says, Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. Certainly, he was raised with both the science and learning of Egypt. The ancient Jewish historian Josephus wrote that Moses was heir to the throne of Egypt and that while a young man he led the armies of Egypt in victorious battle against the Ethiopians. And he became her son: Being the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, Moses was in the royal family. “No doubt it was in these early years that Moses learnt of the ‘God of the fathers’ (Exodus 3:15) and realized that the Hebrews were his fellow countrymen (Exodus 2:11).” (Cole)ī. God rewarded the faith of Moses’ mother, both as she trusted Him in hiding Moses for three months, and also as she trusted God by setting Moses out on the river. Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages: Using both the clever initiative of Moses’ family and the need of Pharaoh’s daughter, God arranged a way for Moses’ mother to train him in his early years and be paid for it. ![]() So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”Ī. And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?” And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. (7-10) Pharaoh’s daughter cares for and raises Moses. He skillfully guided the parents of Moses, the currents of the Nile, and the heart of Pharaoh’s daughter to further His plan and purpose. God had this beautifully planned for the deliverance of both Moses, and eventually for the people of Israel. She was conditioned by her culture and upbringing to reject the Hebrews, but the cry of baby Moses melted her heart. So she had compassion on him: In God’s guidance, Pharaoh’s daughter found baby Moses. When Moses’ mother let go of the boat made of bulrushes, she gave up something precious, trusting that God would take care of it, and perhaps find a way to give it back to her.ī. But more so, this was a great example of trusting the child’s welfare and future to God alone. “The word for ‘papyrus basket’ is used only here and for Noah’s ark.” (Kaiser) “The Hebrew would be better translated by ‘papyrus basket’ the word is used elsewhere only of Noah’s ark.” (Cole) ![]() However, she took care to put him in a waterproofed basket and strategically floated him in the river. Laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank: In a literal sense, Moses’ mother did exactly what Pharaoh said to do: put her son into the river (Exodus 1:22). ![]() So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”Ī. And when she had opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. And her maidens walked along the riverside and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. (3-6) Pharaoh’s daughter finds Moses.īut when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. Hebrews 11:23 describes the faith of Moses’ parents: By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child and they were not afraid of the king’s command. She hid him three months: The parents of Moses did not do this only because of the natural parental instinct they did it also out of faith in God. Fanciful Jewish legends say that Moses’ birth was painless to his mother, that at his birth his face was so beautiful that the room was filled with light equal to the sun and moon combined, that he walked and spoke when he was a day old, and that he refused to nurse, eating solid food from birth.Ĭ. A man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi: Exodus 6:20 tells us the names of Moses’ parents: Amram and Jochebed. He had at least an older brother (Aaron) and an older sister (Miriam).ī. ![]() Moses was not the firstborn in his family. Nevertheless, Moses had something special in his favor: he was the child of believing parents. He was born in a powerful nation, but was of a foreign, oppressed race during a time when all babies such as himself were under a royal death sentence. So the woman conceived and bore a son: The baby Moses opened his eyes to an unfriendly world. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.Ī. (1-2) Moses is born – a beautiful child, of the tribe of Levi.Īnd a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |