Exodus 2:6

When she opened it, she saw the child. Behold, the baby was crying. She had compassion on him and said, “This is certainly one of the Hebrews' children.”

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And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

In Context

5Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river while her attendants walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her attendant to get it.

7Then the baby's sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, “Should I go and find you a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?”

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Cross References

Exodus 1:22Pharaoh ordered all his people, “You must throw every son that is born into the river, but every daughter you will let live.”

Nehemiah 1:11Yahweh, I beg you, listen now to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight to honor your name. Now give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” I served as cupbearer to the king.

Proverbs 21:1The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of Yahweh; 1 he turns it wherever he pleases. 1

1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be likeminded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, and humble.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:6-11

The Deliverance of Moses. ( b. c. 1571.) 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the… Read the whole commentary →

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