Yochabel — The Ten Commandments Character Profile

About Yochabel

The biological mother of Moses who saves her newborn son by setting him adrift on the Nile. She works as a slave under Moses's command, later reunites with him, introduces him to his siblings Aaron and Miriam, and shares his heritage before her death.

Yochabel's Known Relations

• Merari — Sibling
• Kohath — Sibling
• Gershon — Sibling
• Levi — Father
• Moses — Child
• Aaron — Child
• Harun — Child
• Miriam — Child
• Moses in Islam — Child
• Amram — Spouse

Yochabel appears in 2 titles

• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Martha Scott

Appears in

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Yochabel — Family Biological Son — Moses (Charlton Heston)

  Yochabel is Moses's birth mother, separated from him in infancy and reunited with him in Egypt.

  Moses follows Bithiah to Yochabel's house and learns that Yochabel is his biological mother.

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