Women of God
Jochebed- Faithful Mother
I believe Jochebed must have been an incredibly faithful and prayerful woman. If I was Hebrew mother I would have hidden my baby son too. I would then have pretended Moses was a girl until he was far too old to be thrown in the Nile and lied about his age. Jochebed chose a different way. She was not going to lose her second son and she came up with an incredible plan, surely a God given plan to save not just her son but an entire nation. Jochebed casts her son Moses into water, not to perish but in a floating basket. She casts her son onto the mercies of the Pharaoh’s daughter, the very Pharaoh who would have Moses killed. Her courage is rewarded and she is even paid to raise Moses for the princess until he is weened.
Heavenly Father, give me courage and wisdom that comes from you alone. For human wisdom pales in comparison.
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.
Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”
“Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
Exodus 2:1-10 NIV
Jochebed- Faithful Mother
I believe Jochebed must have been an incredibly faithful and prayerful woman. If I was Hebrew mother I would have hidden my baby son too. I would then have pretended Moses was a girl until he was far too old to be thrown in the Nile and lied about his age. Jochebed chose a different way. She was not going to lose her second son and she came up with an incredible plan, surely a God given plan to save not just her son but an entire nation. Jochebed casts her son Moses into water, not to perish but in a floating basket. She casts her son onto the mercies of the Pharaoh’s daughter, the very Pharaoh who would have Moses killed. Her courage is rewarded and she is even paid to raise Moses for the princess until he is weened.
Heavenly Father, give me courage and wisdom that comes from you alone. For human wisdom pales in comparison.
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.
Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”
“Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
Exodus 2:1-10 NIV
Women of God
Jochebed- Faithful Mother
I believe Jochebed must have been an incredibly faithful and prayerful woman. If I was Hebrew mother I would have hidden my baby son too. I would then have pretended Moses was a girl until he was far too old to be thrown in the Nile and lied about his age. Jochebed chose a different way. She was not going to lose her second son and she came up with an incredible plan, surely a God given plan to save not just her son but an entire nation. Jochebed casts her son Moses into water, not to perish but in a floating basket. She casts her son onto the mercies of the Pharaoh’s daughter, the very Pharaoh who would have Moses killed. Her courage is rewarded and she is even paid to raise Moses for the princess until he is weened.
Heavenly Father, give me courage and wisdom that comes from you alone. For human wisdom pales in comparison.
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.
Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”
“Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
Exodus 2:1-10 NIV
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