Jochebed, why dost thou not fear that the child will be drowned?
The mother and father of our hero were both of the tribe of Levi, and were named Jochebed and Amram.
Shem was for fifty years contemporary with Jacob, who probably saw Jochebed, Moses's mother.
He it was that Jochebed with loving hands had laid in the bulrushes when 120 years ago Pharaoh had persecuted them.
Jochebed ran up and down the bank, like a dog whom its master has deserted; she beat her breast, and wept great tears.
