Texts · 17 · Moses and Joshua

'She saw that he was good'

Moses' mother hides him because 'she saw he was good/beautiful.' The text says nothing there about Pharaoh's decree.

Read alone, chapter 2 tells a different story.

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Moses' father is unnamed, and the mother already has a daughter, hints that the original tale may have involved illicit relations.

Bible reference: Exodus 2:2

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 272

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