Who was Moses' Egyptian mother?

Answer 1

His natural mother's name was Yocheved (Jochebed) and his natural father's name was Amram. Miriam was his sister who hid him in a 'miniature ark' (basket) and set him afloat on the river Nile. He was found there by the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I.

Although her name is never recorded in the Torah, the Jewish historian Josephus writing in the first century mentions her name as Thermuthis.

**Thermuthis is not mentioned again but....

Thutmose I died and was succeeded by his son *Thutmose II who married Hatshepsut and she reigned with her husband. It is known that she was the 'real' power on the throne...

When Thutmose II died, Hatshepsut then co-reigned with Thutmose II's son until her death.

Thutmose II was NOT her natural son but a son from Thutmose I and another 'wife'?.

It is known that Thutmose III was jealous of his stepmother Hatshepsut and after her death removed her name from every monument of Egypt.

After Hatshepsut's death, it would follow logically that Thutmose III's hatred for Moses (since he was Hatshepsut's adopted son, and his probable fear that the now empty throne might be contested by Moses), caused him to persecute Moses, calling for his death for (what would be considered a 'minor' offence by a royal at the time) killing an overseer who abused an Israelite slave.

(The Torah records that after Moses fled, a new pharaoh took the throne. Thutmose III.)

So to come back to the question... Moses natural mother was Yocheved (Jochebed) and his adoptive Egyptian mother's name was ***Thermuthis.

* It was not uncommon among royalty in ancient times for brother and sister (or half sister) to marry, in order to keep the bloodline pure.

** (maybe this WAS Thermuthis, or maybe Thermuthis made a pact with Hatshepsut to protect Moses in her reign from Thutmose III, hence his hatred for his stepmother, and consequent persecution of Moses after her death?

***It could very well be that Thermuthis and Hatshepsut is one and the same person, since it seems neither of them were capable of bearing a child of their own).

Answer 2

His mother (Exodus ch.6) was Yocheved (Jochebed). She was the one who placed Moses in the basket in the nile, and later nursed him during his youngest years before he was adopted by the daughter of Pharaoh (Exodus ch.2).

Answer 3

The name of the mother of Moses was Jochebed (Exodus 6:20).

Answer 4

His mother was Jochebed (Exodus 6:20).

See the related question at the bottom of this answer.

Answer 5

Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:10)

Answer 6

yocheved

Answer 7

Jockabed