| “ | Your shoulders should not bear a burden, old woman. | ” |
—Moses to Yochabel | ||
Yochabel was a Hebrew slave from the tribe of Levi, born in Goshen. She married Amram, and was the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. She saved her newborn son from Pharaoh Rameses death sentence to all the Hebrew male children. She set Moses adrift in a basket with her daughter Miriam following it to save his life. The baby is found by Bithiah and raised a Prince of Egypt. As a older woman she is weak and get's caught when her shirt is caught under a stone. She is saved by an older Moses who is Prince of Egypt. When Moses finds out of his true herritage he visits Yochabel and is confirmed he is Hebrew. Moses is exiled and finds out his birth mother died from old age