Drawn from the Nile as an infant by Pharaoh's daughter — because I drew him out of the water — Moses became the great deliverer of Israel. At the burning bush God called him to lead his people out of slavery; through him came the plagues, the Red Sea, the manna, and the Law given at Sinai.
The Bible says the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend, and that there arose not a prophet since like him. Meek above all men, he led a stubborn people forty years toward a promise he glimpsed but did not enter.
Moses is majestic and enduring, carrying the weight of one of history's greatest leaders — often shortened to Moe.
Variants & nicknames
Moshe, Moe, Moises
Moses in the Bible
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.