Story · 17 · Moses and Joshua

A life raft through a loophole

Pharaoh ordered Hebrew boys thrown into the Nile. Moses' mother complied, after putting him in a basket. The decree said nothing about rafts.

Clever subversion.

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Exodus 1 turns the women of chapter 2 into heroines of daring defiance.

Bible reference: Exodus 1:22–2:3

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 274–275

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