Exodus 2:10

"Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it."

Key Reflection

This verse illustrates a divine provision where Pharaoh’s daughter recognizes the child's worth and employs a Hebrew nurse to care for him, highlighting God's orchestration of circumstances to ensure the infant Moses' survival and upbringing in a royal environment. This act sets the stage for Moses' future leadership and foreshadows his role as a deliverer chosen by God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He became her son -See the margin reference. His training and education was, humanly speaking, all but indispensable to the efficient accomplishment of his work as the predestined leader and instructor of his countrymen. Moses probably passed the early years of his life in Lower Egypt, where the princess resided. However, there may be substantial grounds for the tradition in Josephus that he was engaged in a campaign against the Ethiopians, thus showing himself, as Stephen says, “mighty in word and deed.” Moses -The Egyptian origin of this word is generally admitted. The name itself is not uncommon in ancient documents.

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