“... In Exodus, Moses is brought by his mother to the royal palace. It is not said in the biblical text how long his mother took care of him (Exod 2.9e-10b: ‘The woman took the child, she nursed him, the child grew, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter’). In Jubilees, it is said twice that Moses was brought to Pharaoh’s daughter, without the mother being mentioned in this respect. The first time an indefinite formulation is used: ‘Afterwards, when you had grown up, you were brought to the Pharaoh’s daughter’. Shortly after this, the father is named explicitly as the one who brought Moses to the court: ‘He (= your father Amram) brought you into the royal court’ (Jub 47.9e). Moreover, the text makes clear at what age Moses went to Pharaoh’s daughter. He was 21 years old (Jub 47.9d: ‘after you had completed three weeks’). This makes clear that, according to Jubilees, Moses got his earliest education not in the palace of Pharaoh, but in his own house, by his own father (Jub 47.9c: ‘your father Amram taught you the art of writing’). This resolves a problem that the biblical text does not answer, namely how does Moses become aware that he was one of the Israelites? But there is something more. He could use his skill to write the Book of Jubilees. Moreover, the notion that Moses’ father Amram taught him the art of writing seems to be at odds with a tradition that reports on Moses’ education in Egyptian wisdom. However, it is consistent in the Book of Jubilees, and it puts Moses on one line with all the patriarchs. [...] Ezekiel the Tragedian recounts that it was his mother who told Moses about his descent: ‘My mother brought me to the princess’ palace, after telling me all about my lineage and God’s gifts’ (Exagoge 33-35). ...”