And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
The child grew up, and when he was old enough, his birth mother brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her own son. She named him Moses, saying, 'I called him this because I pulled him out of the water.'
This verse shows how Moses was officially adopted by Pharaoh's daughter and given his name, which means 'drawn out of water,' referring to how she rescued him from the Nile River.
📚 Historical Context
This takes place during Israel's slavery in Egypt, when Pharaoh had ordered all Hebrew baby boys to be killed. Moses' mother had hidden him in a basket on the Nile River, where Pharaoh's daughter found him. The princess adopted Moses, giving him access to the best education and privileges of Egyptian royalty while allowing his Hebrew mother to nurse him.
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