Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down (A)to bathe at the Nile, with her female attendants walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the [a]basket among the reeds and sent her slave woman, and she brought it to her. When she opened it, she [b]saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a woman for you who is nursing from the Hebrew women, so that she may nurse the child for you?” Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and (B)he became her son. And she named him [c]Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:5 Or chest
  2. Exodus 2:6 Heb saw it, the child
  3. Exodus 2:10 Heb Mosheh, from a verb meaning to draw out

Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her. When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.

Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.

“Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.

“Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.

10 Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses,[a] for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2:10 Moses sounds like a Hebrew term that means “to lift out.”