Exodus 2:8 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Go.' So the young woman went and called the baby's mother.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse shows Pharaoh's daughter agreeing to let Miriam fetch someone to nurse baby Moses, unknowingly allowing Moses to be cared for by his own mother.

📚 Historical Context

This occurs 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 among the reeds by the Nile River, where Pharaoh's daughter found him. Moses' sister Miriam had been watching nearby and cleverly suggested finding a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby.

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By faith, Moses grew up and made a choice — he refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

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Pharaoh gave Joseph an Egyptian name, Zaphnath-paaneah, and arranged for him to marry Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in the city of On. Then Joseph traveled throughout all of Egypt in his new position.

Exodus 2:10

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.'

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