Exodus 2:7

וַתֹּאמֶר אֲחֹתוֹ אֶל ־ בַּת ־ פַּרְעֹה הַאֵלֵךְ וְקָרָאתִי לָךְ אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת מִן הָעִבְרִיֹּת וְתֵינִק לָךְ אֶת ־ הַיָּֽלֶד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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 child for thee?

In Context

6וַתִּפְתַּח וַתִּרְאֵהוּ אֶת ־ הַיֶּלֶד וְהִנֵּה ־ נַעַר בֹּכֶה וַתַּחְמֹל עָלָיו וַתֹּאמֶר מִיַּלְדֵי הָֽעִבְרִים זֶֽה ׃

8וַתֹּֽאמֶר ־ לָהּ בַּת ־ פַּרְעֹה לֵכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ הָֽעַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת ־ אֵם הַיָּֽלֶד ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 15:20וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת ־ הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָֽל ־ הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת ׃

Numbers 26:59וְשֵׁם ׀ אֵשֶׁת עַמְרָם יוֹכֶבֶד בַּת ־ לֵוִי אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה אֹתָהּ לְלֵוִי בְּמִצְרָיִם וַתֵּלֶד לְעַמְרָם אֶֽת ־ אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת ־ מֹשֶׁה וְאֵת מִרְיָם אֲחֹתָֽם ׃

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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