The Life of Moses

Proceeding from right to left, Pharaoh sits beside the walls of Egypt and proclaims that all Israelite male babies be thrown into the Nile. In the center, Moses` mother, Jochebed, places his basket in the Nile. At the left, Pharaoh’s daughter, standing naked in the Nile, holds Moses, and then he is given into the care of Jochebed and Miriam.