Baby Moses Protecting the future
leader of the Israelites
Jacob’s family became a
great people in Egypt.
They were called Israelites.
Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, was
scared that one day
there would be too many Israelites
and that they would take over Egypt, so he made the
Israelites his slaves.
Pharaoh then commanded that all
the newborn Israelite baby boys
should be killed.
The Israelite families were very
afraid.
An Israelite mother named Jochebed
thought of a way to save
her newborn son.
She put her baby in a basket and
hid the basket in the tall
grass by the Nile River.
The baby’s sister Miriam watched
over him to keep him safe.
While bathing in the river,
Pharaoh’s daughter discovered the basket.
She saw the helpless Israelite
baby crying and wanted to raise him as her own child.
Miriam came to Pharaoh’s daughter
and asked if she could bring an Israelite woman to care for the
baby.
Miriam brought her mother,
Jochebed, to Pharaoh’s daughter.
Pharaoh’s daughter agreed to pay
Jochebed to care for the baby.
The Israelite baby grew.
Pharaoh’s daughter raised him as
her own son.
She named him Moses.
