Because the Pharaoh of Egypt, apprehensive about the mushrooming Jewish population in the territory under his control, had commanded that all their newborn males were to be put to death. — Exodus 1: 12, 15 - 22.
( 2. Mozus 1: 12, 15 — 21.) Laikā, kad notika šis briesmīgais iznīcināšanas mēģinājums, Amrāms un Johebeda, kāds laulāts ebreju pāris, kļuva par vecākiem brīnišķīgam puisēnam.