Moses was born to Amram (the dad) who was a Levite and Jochebed (the mother) who was also a Levite. Moses had an older brother, Aaron, who was 3 years older and an older sister, Mariam. (Numbers 26:59)
About the time Moses was born, Pharaoh made a decree that all male children were to be killed (Exodus 1), but Jochebed was able to hide Moses for about 3 months. At that time Jochebed made a little floating basket which could hold Moses and asking God to protect him she placed him in the Nile River. Mariam stayed with the basket until Pharaoh's daughter found it and opened it. Mariam came and asked her if she would like to have an Israelite woman look after the child for her and so Moses was able to live in his own home and actually be protected by Pharaoh until he was about 12 years old. In addition, because Moses was now a "son of Pharaoh's daughter" Jochebed would have been able to stay home and care for Moses rather than working as a slave every day. This training period with his real mother was extremely important in the life of Moses (Exodus 2:2-10).
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