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Were Moses' parents alive at the time of the Exodus?


By Menachem Posner

Here is some info you might find interesting.

Jocheved had the rare distinction of both entering and leaving Egypt,1 and according to tradition she actually outlived her son Moses and entered the Holy Land (at the age of 250!).

Amram lived long enough to see Moses' great-grandkids, his own great-great-grandchildren,2 and mentor Ahijah the Shilonite.3

Yours truly,

Rabbi Menachem Posner
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FOOTNOTES
1.

Seder Olam Rabba 9.
2.

Targum Yonatan, Exodus 6:20.
3.

Talmud, Bava Batra 121b.

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Posted: June 21, 2011
contradiction
According to the Talmud you reference, Amram saw Yaakov, if so he only lived till Moshe was 24 years old. (Yaakov passed away in the year 2255; Moshe was born 2368; Amram lived 137 years)
Posted By Itche, brooklyn

Posted: July 22, 2009
Jochebed
Answering: "if Jochebed lived 250 years and the affliction on Isreal was 400 years, (Gensis 15:13), Then how could she have been there for both??". The 400 years were calculated from the birth of Yitschak (Isaac). The Jews were only in Egypt 210 years, if they had stayed longer, their level of spirituality would have fallen to the point they would not have had any merit to leave.

Answering:, "Jochebed couldn't have gone to the Holy land because God killed off the entire generation that left Egypt except for Caleb and Joshua as punishment. " That decree applied only to the men and not to the women. Also not to the tribe of Levi.
Posted By Anonymous, Jerusalem, Israel

Posted: Apr 5, 2009
first, they were in egypt like 215 years because 430 refers to Abraham's covenant to the giving of the law.

2nd, Jochebed couldn't have gone to the Holy land because God killed off the entire generation that left Egypt except for Caleb and Joshua as punishment.
Posted By Paul, Irvine, CA

Posted: Feb 22, 2009
amram lived to see his great-grandkids?
i just learnt in class that when g-d appeared to moshe at the burning bush, he said onchi elokai avich- im the g-d of your father and the interpretation of this is that g-d never attaches his name to a living person and therefore was relating to moshe that his father had passed away and therefore in the future when moshe protested that aharon should do the mission and not him, he wasn't able to say that his father should go.
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Aug 15, 2008
Jochebed's entry and leaving Egypt
I'm studying Jewish history and have a question regarding Rabbi Manachem Posner's statement that Jochebed, Moses's Mother, both entered into Egypt with Jacob and was among the exodus from Egypt. Sir, excuse my ignorance, but if Jochebed lived 250 years and the affliction on Isreal was 400 years, (Gensis 15:13), Then how could she have been there for both??Thanks in advance for your reply.
Posted By Anonymous, White Bluff, TN

Posted: Feb 28, 2008
120 years
When the Bible says that mans days will be numbered to 120, it also goes on to list people living over that age including:
Noah and Shem who both lived over 600. The reference to 120 years is more likely a reference to the amount of time left before the flood was to occur.
Posted By Trenton

Posted: Jan 20, 2008
The Bible also states that all the children of Israel above the age of 20 (except Joshua and caleb) died in the wilderness before the promised land entry.
Posted By Pastor John Bagwell, Henderson, Nv

Posted: Aug 15, 2007
Max human age?
Genesis says that human lifespan was already limited to 120 years by this time. Please explain how it is possible for someone to live 250 years after the end of Genesis.
Posted By Stephen Weinstein, Camarillo, CA
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Posted: Mar 13, 2007
Good
Very interesting.
Posted By Eric S. Kingston, North Hollywood, CA



 


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