Jochebed

Exodus 6

We saw how Egypt reacted to Moses asking for the people to be set free and Pharaoh’s heart hardened, but there is still some more hardness to happen. Moses’ faith could have been frustrated because he saw the miraculous signs of God but yet it will take faith in him trusting that the Lord will redeem Israel.

In this chapter we see somewhat of God’s promise in letting the people go. He told Moses to tell the Hebrews that God was going to lift the burdens of slavery and  when Moses went to the people they would not listen because they were broken because of the harsh treatment by the Egyptians. Moses was dealing with a some more doubt. Before he was doubting the mission that God was calling him to and now he is doubting his faith in God with the mission. He was ready to go and Pharaoh turned him down and now the people whom he was to lead were turning him down.  It might seem like he was not getting anywhere. I encourage everyone to keep reading because we will see God’s hand in all this in the next few chapters.

The Family

The 2nd half of chapter takes a break from the story and focuses on the family history of Moses and Aaron. If you read 16 we see that out of the sons of Jacob Levi is where Moses stems from. Levi had a son named Kohath and Kohath had a son named Amram. Amram took Jochebed as a wife. They had two sons, Aaron and Moses. If we can take a break from the genealogy right now and focus on Moses’ and Aaron’s mother Jochebed. This is the one time we get to see who this woman who feared the Lord is. We do not get to know much other than what 2:1-3 tells us. We know she hid her son when she could have been killed and that she feared the Lord. Jochebed means Jehovah is glorious. What a great name which shows who is in charge in the midst of this chaos.

Moses needed to remind himself that God is the one in charge and has been before he was even a little baby. God orchestrated his steps and even to who his parents would be. God has done the same thing for us. He has orchestrated who are parents would be and even the location where we would be born. It is sometimes good reminders to give ourselves when we start running the show ourselves. We need to be directed back to what is important, God. He is glorious and holy.