Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

Moses Born in the Worst of Times
While this command was in full force, a baby boy was born to
Amram and Jochebed, Israelites of the tribe of Levi. The parents,
believing that the time for Israel to be set free was drawing near and
that God would raise up a deliverer for His people, determined that
their little one should not be sacrificed. Faith in God strengthened
their hearts, "and they were not afraid of the king's command"
(Hebrews 11:23).
The mother hid the child for three months, then finding that she
could no longer keep him safely, she prepared a little boat of rushes,
making it watertight by using asphalt and pitch. Laying her baby in
the little boat, she placed it among the reeds at the river's edge. His
sister Miriam lingered near, anxiously watching to see what would
become of her little brother.
And there were other watchers. The mother had committed her
child to the care of God, and unseen angels hovered above his
humble resting place. Angels directed Pharaoh's daughter to that
spot. The little basket aroused her curiosity, and as she looked at the
beautiful child within, his tears awakened her compassion; her
sympathies went out to the unknown mother who had tried to
preserve her precious little one in this way. She determined that he
would be saved--she would adopt him as her own.
Miriam, seeing that the child was being received tenderly,
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