Verse 9
Exodus 2:9
New Living Translation
9
“Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֧אמֶר לָ֣/הּ בַּת פַּרְעֹ֗ה הֵילִ֜יכִי אֶת הַ/יֶּ֤לֶד הַ/זֶּה֙ וְ/הֵינִקִ֣/הוּ לִ֔/י וַ/אֲנִ֖י אֶתֵּ֣ן אֶת שְׂכָרֵ֑/ךְ וַ/תִּקַּ֧ח הָ/אִשָּׁ֛ה הַ/יֶּ֖לֶד וַ/תְּנִיקֵֽ/הוּ
English Translation
And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
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The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him h...
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But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it wi...
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The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.
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Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverba...
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When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him...
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Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nur...
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“Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.
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9
“Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your...
10
Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as...
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11
Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he...
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12
After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid...
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13
The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why ar...
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14
The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you kill...
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15
And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Ph...
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16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water trou...
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But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from th...
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When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, “Why are you back so soon today?”
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“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they answered. “And then he drew water for us and water...
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“Then where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave him there? Invite him to come and eat wit...
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Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter...
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Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he explained, “I have been a foreign...
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Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden o...
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God (Elohim) heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jac...
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He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.
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