JOCHEBED

Passages on this topic · 11

• Exodus 2:1

  A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.

• Exodus 2:2

  The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

• Exodus 2:3

  When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.

• Exodus 2:4

  His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

• Exodus 2:5

  Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.

• Exodus 2:6

  She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

• Exodus 2:7

  Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”

• Exodus 2:8

  Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The maiden went and called the child’s mother.

• Exodus 2:9

  Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.

• 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.

• Numbers 26:59

  The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.