The Mothers Of Moses - Their Legacy In Scripture

The Mothers of Moses - Their Legacy In Scripture

Read Exodus 2:1 – 10 and Hebrews 11:23.

1. What can you learn about Jochebed as a person from what she does at each point in this story?

2. Why do you think Pharaoh’s daughter wanted to keep the baby as her own?

3. Why do you suppose her father (and possibly her husband, if she had one) let Pharaoh’s daughter break the law and adopt this foreign baby?

4. Hebrews 11:23 says Moses’ parents acted “by faith.” What part does faith play in child rearing? In what ways have you had to choose between faith and fear as a mother?

5. Where was God in this story? What does this say about God in your story?