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She named him Moses, saying, &#8220I drew him out of the water.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/exodus/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.” <a href="/esv/exodus/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/bsb/exodus/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/kjv/exodus/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/2.htm">New King James Version</a> And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/nasb_/exodus/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/nasb/exodus/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh&#8217s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, &#8220Because I drew him out of the water.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/exodus/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/lsb/exodus/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she named him Moses and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/amp/exodus/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/csb/exodus/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/hcsb/exodus/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh&#8217s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, &#8220Because,&#8221 she said, &#8220I drew him out of the water.&#8221 <a href="/asv/exodus/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water. <a href="/cev/exodus/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And when he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses because she said, "I pulled him out of the water." <a href="/erv/exodus/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water. <a href="/gwt/exodus/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When the child was old enough, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. Pharaoh's daughter named him Moses [Pulled Out] and said, "I pulled him out of the water." <a href="/gnt/exodus/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Later, when the child was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him as her own son. She said to herself, "I pulled him out of the water, and so I name him Moses." <a href="/isv/exodus/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> After the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, because she said, "I drew him out of the water." <a href="/msb/exodus/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh?s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, ?I drew him out of the water.? <a href="/net/exodus/2.htm">NET Bible</a> When the child grew older she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "Because I drew him from the water." <a href="/nheb/exodus/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water." <a href="/wbt/exodus/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the child grew, and she brought him to 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. <a href="/web/exodus/2.htm">World English Bible</a> The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, “Because I have drawn him from the water.” <a href="/ylt/exodus/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, 'Because -- from the water I have drawn him.' <a href="/slt/exodus/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the child will become great, and she will bring him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he will be to her for a son. And she will call his name Moses; and she will say, Because I drew him out of the water.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And she adopted him in place of a son, and she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I took him from the water.” <a href="/nabre/exodus/2.htm">New American Bible</a> When the child grew, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses; for she said, “I drew him out of the water.” <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses, “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses; for she said, I drew him out of the water. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the boy grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh and he was a son to her, and she called his name Moshe (aka Moses), because she said, “I took him from the waters.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said: 'Because I drew him out of the water.' <a href="/sep/exodus/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharao, and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water. <a href="/parallel/exodus/2-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=241" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/2.htm">Pharaoh's Daughter Rescues Moses</a> …9Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him. 10<a href="/hebrew/3206.htm" title="3206: hay·ye·leḏ (Art:: N-ms) -- Child, son, boy, youth. From yalad; something born, i.e. A lad or offspring.">When the child</a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: wa·yiḡ·dal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">had grown older,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wat·tə·ḇi·’ê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3fs:: 3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">she brought him</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">to Pharaoh’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: lə·ḇaṯ- (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and he became</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: lə·ḇên (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: wat·tiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">She named him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and explained,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4871.htm" title="4871: mə·šî·ṯi·hū (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 3ms) -- To draw. A primitive root; to pull out.">“I drew him out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ham·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">the water.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Acts 7:21-22</a> When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son. / So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action. <a href="/hebrews/11-24.htm">Hebrews 11:24-26</a> By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. / He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward. <a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Acts 7:23-25</a> When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. / And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him. / He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not. <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Exodus 1:22</a> Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.” <a href="/exodus/3-10.htm">Exodus 3:10</a> Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.” <a href="/exodus/4-19.htm">Exodus 4:19-20</a> Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.” / So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. <a href="/numbers/12-3.htm">Numbers 12:3</a> Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. <a href="/deuteronomy/34-10.htm">Deuteronomy 34:10-12</a> Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face— / no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land, / and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. <a href="/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53</a> For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.” <a href="/psalms/105-26.htm">Psalm 105:26</a> He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-12</a> Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1</a> When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. <a href="/matthew/2-15.htm">Matthew 2:15</a> where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” <a href="/luke/24-27.htm">Luke 24:27</a> And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself. <a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a> For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the child grew, and she brought him to 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.and he.<a href="/genesis/48-5.htm">Genesis 48:5</a> And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.<a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Acts 7:21,22</a> And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son… <a href="/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5</a> To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.Moses.<a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Genesis 4:25</a> And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.<a href="/genesis/16-11.htm">Genesis 16:11</a> And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.<a href="/1_samuel/1-20.htm">1 Samuel 1:20</a> Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/2-9.htm">Child</a> <a href="/exodus/2-9.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/genesis/49-33.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/exodus/1-20.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/exodus/2-9.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/revelation/15-3.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/genesis/48-18.htm">Older</a> <a href="/exodus/2-9.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/2-9.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Child</a> <a href="/exodus/2-21.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/exodus/2-19.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/exodus/16-21.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/exodus/10-5.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-21.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/exodus/2-11.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/24-31.htm">Older</a> <a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 2</div>1. <a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile.</a> 5. <a href="/exodus/2-5.htm">He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter;</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">who employs his mother to nurse him.</a> 11. <a href="/exodus/2-11.htm">He kills an Egyptian.</a> 13. <a href="/exodus/2-13.htm">He reproves a Hebrew.</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah.</a> 22. <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Gershom is born.</a> 23. <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">God respects the Israelites' cry.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>When the child had grown older This phrase indicates the passage of time from Moses' infancy to a point where he was weaned, which in ancient Egyptian and Hebrew culture could be around three years old. This period allowed Moses to bond with his biological family and learn about his Hebrew heritage, which would later influence his identity and mission.she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter Moses' mother, Jochebed, fulfilled her agreement with Pharaoh's daughter by bringing Moses to her. This act of faith and obedience highlights the providence of God in preserving Moses' life. Pharaoh's daughter, likely a member of the royal family, had the authority to adopt Moses, which would provide him with a unique position within Egyptian society.and he became her son Moses' adoption into the Egyptian royal family placed him in a position of privilege and education, preparing him for his future role as a leader. This adoption also fulfilled God's plan to raise a deliverer for Israel from within the house of their oppressors, showcasing God's sovereignty and wisdom.She named him Moses The name "Moses" is of Egyptian origin, possibly derived from the word "mose," meaning "son" or "born of." This name is significant as it reflects his dual identity as both a Hebrew and an Egyptian, which would play a crucial role in his life and mission.and explained, “I drew him out of the water.” This explanation connects Moses' name to the Hebrew verb "mashah," meaning "to draw out." This foreshadows Moses' future role in drawing the Israelites out of Egypt. The act of being drawn from the water also symbolizes salvation and deliverance, themes that are central to Moses' life and the Exodus narrative. Moses as a type of Christ can be seen here, as both were deliverers who brought their people from bondage to freedom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The central figure in this verse, Moses is a Hebrew child who is adopted by Pharaoh's daughter. His name, derived from the Hebrew "Mosheh," is linked to the verb "mashah," meaning "to draw out," reflecting his rescue from the Nile. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh's_daughter.htm">Pharaoh’s Daughter</a> An unnamed Egyptian princess who adopts Moses. Her actions are pivotal in God's plan for the deliverance of Israel, showing compassion and defying her father's decree. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_nile_river.htm">The Nile River</a> The place where Moses was found and drawn out by Pharaoh's daughter. It symbolizes both danger and deliverance in Moses' early life. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moses'_mother.htm">Moses' Mother</a> Though not named in this verse, she plays a crucial role in Moses' early life by nursing him and eventually bringing him to Pharaoh's daughter. 5. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The setting of this event, representing both the place of Moses' upbringing and the land of Israel's bondage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_providence.htm">Divine Providence</a> God's hand is evident in Moses' life from the beginning. Despite the perilous circumstances, God orchestrates events for His purposes. We can trust in God's sovereignty in our own lives. <a href="/topical/i/identity_and_purpose.htm">Identity and Purpose</a> Moses' dual identity as a Hebrew and an Egyptian prince foreshadows his role as a mediator between God and His people. Our identity in Christ calls us to a unique purpose. <a href="/topical/c/courage_and_compassion.htm">Courage and Compassion</a> Pharaoh's daughter's actions demonstrate courage and compassion. We are called to act justly and show mercy, even when it goes against societal norms. <a href="/topical/g/god's_timing.htm">God's Timing</a> Moses' upbringing in Pharaoh's court was part of God's preparation for his future leadership. We should be patient and trust God's timing in our preparation for His plans.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 2</a> <a href="/q/why_is_moses'_name_hebrew,_not_egyptian.htm">Why does Moses' Egyptian name ('drawn out') suggest a later Hebrew etymology rather than an authentic Egyptian origin?</a> <a href="/q/what_happens_in_exodus.htm">What events occur in the biblical book of Exodus?</a> <a href="/q/how_could_moses_vanish_and_reappear_in_midian.htm">Exodus 2:15 – How realistically could Moses escape from Pharaoh’s reach and suddenly reappear in Midian without leaving any trace in Egyptian historical accounts?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_humble_yourself_before_god.htm">What is the summary of the Exodus from Egypt?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) The child grew.--Josephus regards these words as implying a growth that was strange and abnormal (Ant. Jud. ii. 9, ? 6). But nothing more seems to be intended than nature's ordinary course. The child grew and reached the time when it was usual in Egypt that children should be weaned. We have no means of determining what this time was. It may have been the completion of the first year; but more probably it was the completion of the second (<a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/7-27.htm" title="But she bowing herself toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language on this manner; O my son, have pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee such three years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured the troubles of education.">2 Maccabees 7:27</a>).She brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter.--Jochebed carried out the terms of her engagement faithfully, and gave up her son to the princess at the time agreed upon.He became her son.--Possibly by a formal act of adoption; but we have at present no evidence that adoption was an Egyptian custom. Perhaps the writer means simply that she brought him up as if he had been her son, gave him a son's education, and a son's privileges. (On the education of Moses, see Excursus II. at the end of this Book.)She called his name Moses.--In Egyptian probably "Mesu," which is found as a name in the monuments of the nineteenth dynasty, and which is common as the latter half of a name--e.g., Ra-mesu, Aah-mesu, Amen-mesu, &c. In ordinary use this word meant "born" and "son." (Comp. the Latin natus.) It was, however, derived from an Egyptian verb, meaning "to produce," "to draw forth;" and the princess justified her imposition of the name by a reference to this etymology. Owing to the existence of a cognate verb in Hebrew, it was possible to transfer her explanation into the Hebrew language exactly and literally. The play upon words cannot be rendered in English.EXCURSUS B: ON THE EDUCATION OF MOSES (<a href="/exodus/2-10.htm" title="And the child grew, and she brought him to 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.">Exodus 2:10</a>)Moses would be educated like the sons of princesses generally, not like those of priests, or of persons destined for the literary life. St. Stephen, when he says that Moses was "learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians," does not (probably) mean more than this. The question then is, In what did the education of princes and young nobles at the time of the exodus consist?It would consist, in the first place, of orthography and grammar. Moses would be taught to speak the Egyptian language, and to write it, correctly. He would probably not be taught the hieroglyphic character, the knowledge of which was reserved to the priests, but would be familiarised with the ordinary cursive writing--the hieratic, as it was called in later times--which was the common character for books, and even for official documents, in his day. Care would be taken to instruct him in the graces of style, so far as they were understood at the time; and he would be especially practised in epistolary correspondence, which was regarded as one of the most necessary of all gentlemanlike accomplishments. Whether his attention would be turned to poetry, might perhaps be doubtful;[113] but he would certainly be taught a clear and perspicuous prose style, such as was required for official reports and other communications between members of the governing class.[113] The poetry of Moses his "songs" (<a href="/context/exodus/15-1.htm" title="Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.">Exodus 15:1-19</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/32-1.htm" title="Give ear, O you heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.">Deuteronomy 32:1-43</a>), his "blessing" (Deut. Xxxii), and his "prayer" (Ps. xc), indicate an actual study of Egyptian poetry, whether, it was a part of his education or not. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - The child grew. Compare <a href="/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8</a>, where the full phrase is used - "The child grew, and was weaned." Jocbebed had saved her son's life by a transfer of her mother's right in him to Pharaoh's daughter. She had received him back, merely as a hired nurse, to suckle him. When the time came, probably at the end of the second year, for him to be weaned, she was bound, whatever the sufferings of her heart may have been, to give him up - to restore him to her from whom she had received him, as a child put out to nurse. And we see that she made no attempt to escape her obligations. No sooner was the boy weaned, than "she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter" - as it would seem, of her own accord. And he became her son. There is no evidence that formal "adoption" was a custom of the Egyptians; and probably no more is here meant than that the princess took the child into her family, and brought him up as if he had been her son, giving him all the privileges of a son, together with such an education as a princess's son usually received. We obtain the best general idea of what such an education was from the words of St. Stephen (<a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Acts 7:21</a>) - "Now Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians." This "wisdom," though not perhaps very deep, was multiform and manifold. It included orthography, grammar, history, theology, medicine, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and engineering. Education began, as in most countries, with orthography and grammar. The hieroglyphical system was probably not taught, and the knowledge of it remained a special privilege of the priest-class: but the cursive character, known as the hieratic, was generally studied, and all tolerably educated persons could read it and write it. Style was cultivated, and though no great progress was made in the graces of finished composition, the power of expressing thought and relating facts in a simple and perspicuous prose was acquired by the greater number. Much attention was paid to letter-writing; and models of business and other letters were set before the pupil as patterns which he was to follow. By the more advanced, poetry was read, and poetic composition occasionally practised. Arithmetic and geometry, up to a certain point, were studied by all; and a plain morality was inculcated. But history, theology, astronomy, medicine, and engineering, were viewed as special studies, to be pursued by those intended for certain professions, rather than as included within the curriculum of an ordinary education; and it may well be doubted whether Moses' attention was much directed to any of them. He may indeed have been initiated into the mysteries, and in that case would have come to understand the esoteric meaning of the Egyptian myths, and of all that most revolts moderns in the Egyptian religion. But, on the whole, it is most probable that he was rather trained for active than for speculative life, and received the education which fitted men for the service of the State, not that which made them dreamers and theorists. His great praise is, that "he was mighty in words and deeds "(Acts, 1.s.c.); and he was certainly anything rather than a recluse student. We should do wrong to regard him as either a scientific man or a philosopher. His genius was practical; and his education was of a practical kind - such as fitted him to become the leader of his people in a great emergency, to deal on equal terms with a powerful monarch, and to guide to a happy conclusion the hazardous enterprise of a great national migration. And she called his name Moses. The Egyptian form of the name was probably Mesu, which signifies "born, brought forth, child," and is derived from a root meaning "to produce," "draw forth." Egyptian has many roots common to it with Hebrew, whereof this is one. The princess's play upon words thus admitted of being literally rendered in the Hebrew - "he called his name Mosheh (drawn forth); because, she said, I drew him forth (meshithi-hu) from the water." Mesu is found in the monuments as an Egyptian name under the nineteenth dynasty CHAPTER 2:11-15 <a href="/commentaries/exodus/2-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When the child הַיֶּ֗לֶד (hay·ye·leḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3206.htm">Strong's 3206: </a> Something born, a lad, offspring grew older, וַיִגְדַּ֣ל‪‬ (wa·yiḡ·dal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> To grow up, become great she brought him וַתְּבִאֵ֙הוּ֙ (wat·tə·ḇi·’ê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to Pharaoh’s פַּרְעֹ֔ה (par·‘ōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings daughter, לְבַת־ (lə·ḇaṯ-) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter and he became וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be her son. לְבֵ֑ן (lə·ḇên) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son She named וַתִּקְרָ֤א (wat·tiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read him Moses מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver and explained, וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “I drew him out מְשִׁיתִֽהוּ׃ (mə·šî·ṯi·hū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4871.htm">Strong's 4871: </a> To pull out of מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the water.” הַמַּ֖יִם (ham·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/2-10.htm">OT Law: Exodus 2:10 The child grew and she brought him (Exo. 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