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Moses

A Levite, in the time of Egypt and Wilderness · Tribe of Levi · named in 786 verses

the name means drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued Strong's Lexicon

Moses was a prophet whom God used to lead Israel out of slavery in Egypt and give them the law.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, "son;" hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years before the birth of Moses. Some centuries before Joseph, Egypt had been conquered by a pastoral Semitic race from Asia, the Hyksos, who brought into cruel subjection the native Egyptians, who were an African race. Jacob and his retinue were accustomed to a shepherd's life, and on their arrival in Egypt were received with favour by the king, who assigned them the "best of the land", the land of Goshen, to dwell in. The Hyksos or "shepherd" king who thus showed favour to Joseph and his family was in all probability the Pharaoh Apopi (or Apopis).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Amram, Jochebed
Partners Zipporah
Children Eliezer, Gershom
Siblings Aaron, Miriam

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Exodus 2:10.

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Verses that name Moses

The first 400 of 786.