Jochebed (Heb. Yôkebed, “Yahweh is glory” or “whose glory is Yahweh”). She wife of Amram and mother of Mary, Aaron and Moses (Exo_21-4; 6:20; Num 26:59).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., yokhevedh, Jehovah is glory). She daughter of Levi, wife of Amram and mother of Moses (Exo 6:20; Num 26:59). She was one of the sisters of Cohat, the father of Amram (Exo 6:20).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Jehovah is honor). Mother of Moses and Aaron, in the offspring of Levi. She married her nephew Amram (Exo 2:1; Exo 6:20). Moses was born when Pharaoh’s order to kill newborn boys was already in force, but J. † œseeing that he was beautiful, hid him for three months † (Exo 2: 2; Heb 11:23). When he couldn’t hide him any longer, he made a casket out of reeds, caulked it and put the child in it in the Nile River. Pharaoh’s daughter found him and wanted to save him, and hired J. herself, not knowing she was the mother. of the child, to bring it up (Exo 2:3-9).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, = “Jehovah is glory”. One of the daughters of Levi. She married Amram, her nephew, and was the mother of Mary (or Miriam), Aaron, and Moses (Ex. 6:20; Num. 26:59). See MOSES.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months.” (Hebrews 11:23).
Read: Exodus 2:1-10; 6:20. Jochebed has been included in Hebrews 11 among “the great cloud of witnesses” whose lives and activities bore witness to her faith. She was from the tribe of Levi. From Exodus 6:20 we deduce that she would be older than her husband Amram, since she was her aunt. Such a marriage was later prohibited, but during the period of Egypt’s confusion it was permitted.
It was the time that Pharaoh ordered the Hebrews to throw their newborn male children into the Nile. Jochebed had at least two children: one, Miriam or Mary, already grown by this time. Another, Aaron, a three-year-old boy. Again it is on tape. He perhaps he had prayed not to become pregnant again, in order to avoid a tragedy. But with the child on the way, she might wish it was another girl. If she were a child it would not be possible to resist the order to kill her. It is not difficult to imagine the internal struggle in Jochebed’s heart during these months of pregnancy. And when she has finally given birth, the answer is: “Yes, he is a boy.” But her maternal pain transforms Jochebed into a heroine. She is going to fight for the son. This decision was clinched by seeing that the child “was beautiful” (Exodus 2:3, Acts 7:20 and Hebrews 11:23). Handsome? What mother does not consider that her son is beautiful? But Acts 7:20 adds a few words that shed more light: “Beautiful in the sight of God.”
Jochebed caught this beauty, something otherworldly, heavenly, shining on the boy’s features. Jochebed would think that this little being resting on his lap had been sent directly by God. It was an intuition that divined the divine purpose. Faith was mixed with love, and armed with both, she decided that she had to save the child at all costs.
We do not know how he managed to hide the baby Moses during his first three months. A mother’s imagination works wonders. But the moment soon came when the robust and healthy child would have attracted someone’s attention with his crying and screaming. “So, not being able to hide him any longer, he took a reed box and caulked it with asphalt and pitch, and placed the child in it and put him in a reed bed on the riverbank.” Maria stood a short distance away watching. The rest everyone knows. When the wonderful rescue occurred. “Mother, mother!” She would run wildly to her house. “A very important lady wants you to raise Moises.”
It is impossible to describe in words the pain and anguish that some mothers suffer for their children. The pain in childbirth, seeing the sick child in the cradle with a face burning with fever, the anxiety of the uncertain future that hangs over them, and above all knowing that they have brought into the world a being with a soul and they have to give Account of her to God for the way they have raised him. But, oh! the joy of being able to say, as we say of Jochebed: “Her faith in him saved the child.”
Suggested Questions for Study and Discussion:
1. What is the most notable feature of Jochebed’s life?
2. What was the reward for their faith?
3. What can we learn from his life that strengthens our own faith?
Source: Women of the Bible
(heb. yôḵeḇeḏ, probably ‘Yahweh is glory’, although M. Noth[DieisraelitschenPersonennamen1928pp111)thinksthathemaybeofforeignorigin;[DieisraelitschenPersonennamen1928pp111)piensaquepuedeserdeorigenextranjero;°vrv3 transliterates “Jochebed”). Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Mary (Ex. 6.20; Nm. 26.59). She was the daughter of Levi, and married her nephew Amram, although, according to the LXX of Ex. 6.20 were primes, although SR Driver (CBSC, 1918) believes that the MT preserves a genuine ancient tradition.
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary