A Biography of Moses
Moses
Review using genealogy of Moses
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Ismael Isaac Others
Esau Jacob (Israel)
Reuben Simeon Judah Issachar Zebulun Levi Benjamin Joseph Dan Naphtali Gad Asher
Kohath
Amram & Jochebed
Miriam Moses & Zipporah Aaron
Gershom Eliezer
Who – Descendant of Levi, Korath; father Amram (Num 26:59), mother Jochebed of Levi (Num 26:59)
older brother Aaron (4:14), older sister Miriam (15:20)
Father-in-law Jethro (3:1), wife Zipporah (2:21), son Gershom (2:22), son Eliezer (18:4)
Where – Horeb (Sinai) (3:1), Egypt, Midian (2:15), Wilderness
When – 1 Kings 6:1 (966 BC), Ex. 7:7 (1446+80=1526)
Hatshepsut (daughter of Pharaoh), Thutmose III (grew up with), Amenhotep II (confronted), Thutmose IV (Not firstborn)
(Ex. 12:40-41) 430 years, (Gal. 3:17) 65 yrs. from Joseph’s death to Moses’ birth
What – saved as baby, killed an Egyptian, the burning bush, plagues, the Red Sea, Mt. Sinai
Why – chosen from birth, raised in Pharaoh’s court, living at the right time
Joseph contrast to Moses
How – fear, Moses was comfortable
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