“1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.”(Exodus 2:1-2)
Moses went from being a baby floating in the river to a 40 year old man in the house of Pharaoh. He was born in the tribe of Levi. We remember the way Jacob had told the Levites they would be scattered. (Gen 49:5-7) Jacob didn’t curse Simeon and Levi, he cursed their sin. The future Levites will become priests.
Understanding Pharaoh is an important part of Genesis and Exodus. Pharaoh was the king of Egypt. He was skilled in controlling the Egyptians. Pharaoh’s considered themselves to be gods. Yet they had to hide their bodies in the sand to keep an earthly person from stealing it. Pharaoh was not a god, he was just a man.
Moses was plucked from the water by the Pharaoh’s daughter. He was suckled by his own mother. How long did it take for Moses’s mother to have him and then he goes to live in the Pharaoh’s house? It is a good question, but not much of an answer.
In today’s modern society there are many questions that still exist in rearing a baby. Breast feeding a child, especially your own, brings anti-bodies that nourish your own child. Giving a baby a man-made formula will provide nutrients to help a child physically grow. There is another importance. A mother and her child develop a very early bond between them. Imparting the lullabies of the Hebrew, in Hebrew, begins the education of Moses.
How old was Moses when he began to live in Pharaoh’s house? There are many guess that would seem to fit, in fact, we do not know.
What we do know is that at Exodus 2:11, he knew exactly where he had come from. “11And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.”
The next 40 years are amazing.
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