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Now the [a]daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, and [she, together with] her maidens walked along the river’s bank; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid [to get it], and she brought it to her. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. And she took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:5 If the pharaoh is Thutmose I, then this is likely his daughter, Hatshepsut.

10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him [a]Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

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  1. Exodus 2:10 The name Moses is a wonderful choice. It means “drawing out” in Hebrew, but in Egyptian, a similar word means “man of royalty” (e.g. the syllable “mose” in names like Thutmose).

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