Exodus Chapter 2 — The Birth of Moses Quiz Flashcards

#1

Who was Moses's mother according to Exodus 2:1-2?

📖 Exodus 2:1-2

#2

Where did Moses's mother place him when she could no longer hide him?

📖 Exodus 2:3

#3

Who was the sister who watched over Moses in the basket and later arranged for his own mother to nurse him?

📖 Exodus 2:4-9

#4

Who found the baby Moses in the basket along the Nile River?

📖 Exodus 2:5-6

#5

What name did Pharaoh's daughter give to the baby she found?

📖 Exodus 2:10

#6

What did Moses do when he saw an Egyptian mistreating a Hebrew slave?

📖 Exodus 2:11-12

#7

Why did Moses flee from Egypt according to Exodus 2:15?

📖 Exodus 2:15

#8

What was the occupation of Jethro, the man whose daughters Moses met in Midian?

📖 Exodus 2:16-18

#2

In a basket among the reeds of the Nile River

Exodus 2:3 describes how Moses's mother made a papyrus basket, coated it with tar and pitch, placed the baby in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.

Exodus 2:3

#1

Jochebed

Exodus 2:1-2 identifies Jochebed as a Levite woman who gave birth to Moses and hid him for three months because the Pharaoh had ordered all male Hebrew infants to be killed.

Exodus 2:1-2

#4

Pharaoh's daughter

Exodus 2:5-6 states that Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river, discovered the basket among the reeds, opened it, and saw the baby crying.

Exodus 2:5-6

#3

Miriam

Exodus 2:4-9 tells how Miriam stood at a distance to watch what would happen to her brother, and when Pharaoh's daughter found the basket, Miriam offered to get a Hebrew woman to nurse the child—who turned out to be their mother Jochebed.

Exodus 2:4-9

#6

He looked around and, seeing no one, killed the Egyptian

Exodus 2:11-12 recounts that when Moses saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew slave, he looked around to see if anyone was watching, and then killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.

Exodus 2:11-12

#5

Moses

Exodus 2:10 explains that Pharaoh's daughter named him Moses, saying 'I drew him out of the water,' drawing a connection to the Hebrew word 'mashah' meaning 'to draw out.'

Exodus 2:10

#8

A priest of Midian

Exodus 2:16-18 identifies Jethro as a priest of Midian who had seven daughters. Moses helped his daughters water their flocks and subsequently married one of them, Zipporah.

Exodus 2:16-18

#7

Pharaoh heard about the Egyptian he had killed and tried to kill him

Exodus 2:15 states that when Pharaoh heard what Moses had done, he tried to kill him, so Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian.

Exodus 2:15

#9

What was the name of the daughter of Jethro whom Moses married?

📖 Exodus 2:21-22

#10

What did Moses name his first son, and what did the name mean?

📖 Exodus 2:22

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#10

Gershom, meaning 'a stranger there' or 'foreigner'

Exodus 2:22 records that Moses called his son Gershom, explaining 'I have become a foreigner in a strange land,' which reflects the meaning of the name.

Exodus 2:22

#9

Zipporah

Exodus 2:21-22 states that Moses married Zipporah, one of Jethro's daughters, and they had a son named Gershom.

Exodus 2:21-22

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