Exodus Chapter 2 ?

Question

And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
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Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
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And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
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And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
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And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses.
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QUESTION
Am I reading this right? Moses' mother was sent for, to act as wet nurse for Moses, for the pharohs daughter, after she drew Moses from the river? That's an interesting twist on the usual story of Moses. I'm assuming that Moses was sent to live in the palace as soon as he was weened

Answer 1

Yes,you read correctly.Pharaohs daughter did send for the birth mother.What I find odd in the story is why a Pharaohs daughter would want a abandoned infant, and why the pharaoh would permit it.

Answer 2

It often helps to actually read the source. This has always been the story. If you read a little earlier, there was an edict against the firstborn sons of the Hebrews. There was no grace period. Moses was put in the basket to be hidden, not abandoned, and his sister was nearby to keep an eye on the basket. When Pharaoh's daughter found it, the sister was nearby to see what happened, and in this case, to conveniently facilitate the necessary services. To the Egyptians, slaves were slaves and incapable of subterfuge. The baby needed a lactating woman and this Hebrew slave knew where to find one. And yes, Moses was sent to the palace after he was weened.

Answer 3

You need to undstand the WHOLE story. The king was killing all the baby boys and the oly way Moses' mother was safe was to send him down river. She also sent her older daughter to watch to make sure nothing bad happened to him. Pharaoh's daughter found him and he was then saved from death.

"Every boy that is born, you shall cast into the Nile, but every girl you shall keep alive" (Exodus 1:22).

Into this desperate situation, Moses was born. Moses' parents, Amram and Yocheved were both from the tribe of Levi. Before the decree to murder the male children, they already had two children, Aaron and Miriam. After the decree to drown every male child was issued, a second son was born, Moses. To save the life of their son, Yocheved put the babe Moses in a basket covered with pitch and set the basket in the Nile. Miriam followed her baby brother as the current carried him toward the bathing pool of Pharaoh's daughter.
When Pharaoh's daughter saw that the basket contained a baby boy, she knew that it was a Jewish child, but nevertheless decided to keep him and raise him as her own child. Miriam immediately hurried forth to volunteer Yocheved as a nursemaid for the baby. Thus until he was weened, Moses was raised by a Jewish nursemaid, who was really his mother, before returning to Pharaoh's daughter.

Moses was a full member of the Egyptian court and was regarded by Pharaoh as a grandson. But Moses was also sensitive to the injustices that were being done to his brethren, the Jews. One day, Moses witnessed an Egyptian taskmaster mercilessly beating a Jew. He saw that there was no one about, and killed the taskmaster in order to save the Israelite's life. Quickly, before there were any witnesses, he buried the body in the sand. The very next day, however, when he came upon two Jews arguing and tried to stop them, they threatened Moses by saying: Do you wish to kill us as you killed the Egyptian? Realizing that if even these two Israelite slaves knew of his actions, then so did Pharaoh.

Moses fled Egypt to Midian where he met Tzippora, the daughter of Jethro (a former high priest of Midian who had turned to monotheism). After marrying Tzippora, Moses became one of Jethro's shepherds and lived a pastoral and peaceful life...but not for long.

One day, while shepherding the flocks, Moses followed a stray lamb and came upon a bush surrounded by flames, yet the bush was not consumed by the fire. At the burning bush (which was located on Mount Sinai), God first spoke to Moses and instructed him to return to Egypt and lead the Israelites out of slavery. Moses, however, did not believe that he was the right person for the task...after all, he had a speech impediment, and he had an older brother who was perhaps more appropriate for the job. But God had chosen Moses, and so Moses went back to Egypt where his older brother Aaron served as his spokesman.

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Answer 4

Exodus is the second book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament. In Hebrew, it is called Shemot (שְׁמוֹת), based on its first words Ve-eleh shemot (Hebrew: ואלה שמות) (i.e., "And these are the names"). The Septuagint designates the second book of the Pentateuch as "Exodus" (Greek: Ἔξοδος), meaning "departure" or "out-going". The Latin translation adopted the name, which passed into other languages. The major events of the book concern the Exodus, a departure of Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.

Answer 5

Part of the story is that Pharaoh's daughter never had any other children. I think this is because any husband of hers would be considered a threat to her brother.

Answer 6

Yes, you are reading it right. Moses was taught from his infancy about his Hebrew birth and faith. That is why, as an adult, he wanted to help his people, and eventually was chosen to lead them out of Egypt. - Hebrews 11:23-28

Answer 7

There is no twist to the story. That is the story and one of the first signs of God's Hand in this child's life.

This woman obviously prayed for her son to be protected and God compensated her for her faith and answered her prayers too. She was able to nurse her own child, save him from otherwise certain death, and be paid too.

God is so good.

Answer 8

Moses was sent to Egypt because of God. God had a plan for him - to lead the Israeli people to the Holy land and escapes from the Egyptians.

Answer 9

Yep, that's what it says. I always thought that was a cool way for God to repay Moses's mother, by letting her continue to nurse him and watch him grow.

Answer 10

It's in the King James Bible, and in the
" Ten Commandment " Movie ".