Moses Birth Exodus 1-2
One of the twelve tribes of Israel was Levi. From the tribe of Levi, would come priests. The time period was around 1525 B.C. and the Israelites were now settled in Egypt. Levi had some descendants now, who were in Egypt. Amram and Jochebed were descended from him, and they were married and gave birth to three children; Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Jochebed was probably Amram's aunt.
Joseph was now dead and this time period was very important in the history of Israel. The Pharaoh that Joseph knew when he was alive was no longer living, and a new Pharaoh was now ruling (possibly Thutmose 1), who did not know Joseph. This pharaoh was afraid of the Israelites because they were becoming so numerous. So he made the Israelites to become slaves of the Egytians. They were required to make bricks and when the Israelites did well at brick making, they were required to make the bricks from scratch! This pharaoh also ordered that all the Hebrew midwives were to kill every baby boy that was born in their families. Fortunately, the Hebrew midwives feared God and did not follow this order from Pharaoh.
Moses was born during this time period. After he was born, he was kept hidden for a couple of months. The parents made a basket out of bulrushes and tar and they hid him in this basket. They kept the basket along the edge of the Nile River. He was found by the Pharaoh's daughter. She named him 'Moses' because she drew him out of the water.
Miriam, Moses' older sister, had watched this she offered to have a nurse for this baby. The Pharaoh's daughter said 'yes' and the baby was brought to Moses' mother to be nursed.
Now that Moses was living as a son of the princess, he was safe from the edict of the Pharaoh. He would not be killed like the other Hebrew children were ordered to. Moses would be used one day to deliver his people out of Egypt. God had a special plan for Moses' life and used him in a very strategic way.
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