Now, scientists have revealed how Moses really could have parted ... should really be translated as the 'Reed' Sea. This is seen as a reference to the reeds which grow densely in the brackish waters ...

To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharaoh Rameses I (Ian Keith), condemning all newborn Hebrew males, the infant Moses (Fraser C. Heston) is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the ...

Adar 7, 2368 (1393 BCE): Moses was born (Sotah 12b) in Egypt when that Pharaoh required all newborn Jewish baby boys to be drowned. His mother hid him in a reed basket, placing it in the Nile River.