Introduction
Central figure of Exodus through Deuteronomy; the text describes him leading the Israelites out of Egypt, receiving the Law at Sinai, and leading the wilderness generation for forty years
Family
- Father: Amram
- Mother: Jochebed
- Spouse: Zipporah (married)
- Children: Eliezer (son of Moses), Gershom
- Siblings: Aaron, Miriam
Biblical Narrative
Other: Raised in Pharaoh's household after being found in the Nile as an infant, later fled to Midian after killing an Egyptian overseer, and was called by God at the burning bush to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, per the Exodus narrative.
This article records a figure from the Hebrew Bible's narrative genealogy of Israel, as told across the Torah and the Former Prophets. It follows the text's own presentation of events rather than adjudicating questions of historicity, which remain debated among biblical scholars and archaeologists.