The names of the men whom "she bare," which are enumerated in that verse, are taken to be different designations for Moses (compare Moses in Rabbinical Literature), Bithiah being represented as Moses' mother in the passage, because the person who rears an orphan is regarded as the veritable parent.
18), and the name is interpreted as signifying that she became a Jewess, giving up the idolatry of her father. Bithiah is also identified with "his wife Jehudijah," mentioned in the same verse (I Chron. The name is explained as follows: God said to her, "You have called Moses your son, although he was not your son, therefore I will call you my daughter, although you are not my daughter" (Lev. In Rabbinical Literature:ĭaughter of Pharaoh identified in the Midrash with Moses' foster-mother.
§ 1) she is called the foster-mother of Moses. Daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered of the tribe of Judah married (I Chron.
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