Jochebed
Americannoun
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On the surface, this river bed scene is an update of that Old Testament story in which Jochebed, the mother of Moses, placed him in the Nile River to protect him from being killed.
From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020
The first syllable of Jochebed is proof that the name of God, which became the keynote of the new revelation, was not entirely new.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.
He it was that Jochebed with loving hands had laid in the bulrushes when 120 years ago Pharaoh had persecuted them.
From The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods by Tidwell, Josiah Blake
His father's name was Amram and his mother's Jochebed, and they belonged to the tribe of Levi, the third son of Jacob.
From The Adopted Son The Story of Moses by Willard, J. H. (James Hartwell)
Jochebed and Miriam could not hear what she said on account of the wind, but by her quiet movements they saw that she expected some amusement from the strange gift brought by the river.
From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August
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