And the woman conceived, and bare a son
Which was not her first child, nor indeed her first son, for she
had both Aaron and Miriam before this: this son, which was Moses,
was born, as the Jews say F20, in the thirty seventh year
after the death of Levi, A. M. 2365, (or, as others, 2368,) on a
Wednesday, the seventh of the month Adar, in the third hour of
the day: some say it was on the twenty fourth of Nisan; but,
according to Bishop Usher F21, he was born forty one years
after the death of Levi, A. M. 2433, and in the year before
Christ 1571,
and when she saw him that he was a goodly
child;
exceeding fair and beautiful, as Stephen expresses it, ( Acts 7:20 ) , the Jews
say F23 his form was like an angel of God,
and Trogus F24, an Heathen writer, says his
beautiful form recommended him: this engaged the affections of
his parents to him, and who, from hence, might promise themselves
that he would be a very eminent and useful person, could his life
be preserved:
she hid him three months;
in her bedchamber, some Jewish writers say {y}; others
F26, in a house under ground, that is,
in the cellar; however, it was in his father's house, ( Acts 7:20 ) .