John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:1-25
Birth and Early Life of Moses1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed respectively (see Exodus 6:20). Two children were born to them before Moses. The oldest was a daughter called Miriam (i.e. Mary), who was a young woman at the time when Moses was born (see Exodus 2:8); and the second was a son, Aaron, who was born three years before Moses (see Exodus 7:7) and presumably before Pharaoh’s exterminating edict: cp. Numbers 26:59.2. Hid him three months] This defiance... read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 2:1-10
3. Moses’ birth and education 2:1-10"Whilst Pharaoh was urging forward the extermination of the Israelites, God was preparing their emancipator." [Note: Keil and Delitzsch, 1:426.] ". . . among other things, the Pentateuch is an attempt to contrast the lives of two individuals, Abraham and Moses. Abraham, who lived before the law (ante legem), is portrayed as one who kept the law [Genesis 26:5], whereas Moses, who lived under the law (sub lege), is portrayed as one who died in the wilderness... read more