“Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The maiden went and called the child’s mother.
- KJV And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
- BSB “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
- NKJV And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother.
- NASB Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.
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Quick answer
Pharaoh's daughter agrees, and the girl fetches the baby's own mother. God arranges for Moses to be raised by his real mother at the palace's expense.
Overview
In a remarkable turn, the child is restored to his mother under royal protection. What Pharaoh meant for death God turns to abundant provision and safety. The episode displays the Lord's overruling providence, granting His servants more than they could ask as He prepares His deliverer.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 46:3–4“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.
- Ps 27:10When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.
- Exod 6:20Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
- Ezek 16:8“‘“Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and you became mine.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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