Moses' mother saved him from being killed by Pharoah as a baby by placing him in a basket and setting him adrift in the Nile River. According to the Bible, Moses' mother, Jochebed, was instructed by God to put her son in a basket and set him adrift in the Nile River. She did this in the hope that someone would find him and save him from the decree of Pharoah that all Hebrew boys should be killed. Her plan worked, and Moses was found and adopted by Pharoah's daughter.