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

Pharaoh’s Daughter Adopts Moses

Then Pharaoh’s daughter came down to the Nile River[a] to bathe while her maids walked along the river bank. She saw the container among the reeds and sent a servant girl to get it. When she opened it and saw the child, the little boy suddenly began crying. Filled with compassion for him, she exclaimed, “This is one of the Hebrew children!”

Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the nursing Hebrew women so she can nurse the child for you?”

Pharaoh’s daughter told her, “Go,” so the young girl went and called the child’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter instructed her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I’ll pay you a salary.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 After the child had grown older,[b] she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,[c] because she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:5 The Heb. lacks River
  2. Exodus 2:10 The Heb. lacks older
  3. Exodus 2:10 The Heb. name Moses sounds like the Heb. verb draw out