When she opened it, she [a]saw the child, and behold, the [b]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 [c]a nurse for you from the Hebrew women 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:6 Heb saw it, the child
  2. Exodus 2:6 Or lad
  3. Exodus 2:7 Lit a woman giving suck