His Upbringing
Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter, took up the child to nurse him; but he refused the breast. Then she gave him to other Egyptian women to nurse, but he refused to take nourishment from any of them. The mouth which was destined to speak with God might not take unclean milk; Bithiah therefore gave him to his mother to nurse.
Another legend says that he did not take any milk from the breast. Bithiah then adopted him as her son. Aside from the name "Moses", which Bithiah gave to him, he had seven names, or according to other stories ten, other names given to him by his mother, his father, his brother Aaron, his sister Miriam, his nurse, his grandfather Kehat, and Israel. These names were: Jared, Abi Gedor, Ḥeber, Abi Soko, Jekuthiel, Abi Zanoah, and Shemaiah ("Shama 'Yah" meaning "God has heard"), the last one being given to him by Israel. He was also called "Heman".
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