Exodus 2:9

וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ בַּת ־ פַּרְעֹה הֵילִיכִי אֶת ־ הַיֶּלֶד הַזֶּה וְהֵינִקִהוּ לִי וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן אֶת ־ שְׂכָרֵךְ וַתִּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּנִיקֵֽהוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

In Context

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

10וַיִגְדַּל הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּבִאֵהוּ לְבַת ־ פַּרְעֹה וַֽיְהִי ־ לָהּ לְבֵן וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ מֹשֶׁה וַתֹּאמֶר כִּי מִן ־ הַמַּיִם מְשִׁיתִֽהוּ ׃

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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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