Old TestamentExodusThe Birth and Adoption of Moses · 2:1–102:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.2:6 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.2:7 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?2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.2:9 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.2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
