Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.
Remember the killing.
3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
The tar and pitch keep the basket…basket shaped. Might also fill in the gaps and help with floating. I’ve never constructed one of these.
5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank.
I couldn’t take a bath in front of other people.
She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.
Why would she do anything when a slave can do it?
6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.
7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”
What a clever, God saving the day, sort of idea.
8 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.
God likes to keep families together.
9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him.
Getting paid to do what she would have happily done for free as Moses’ mom is just a bonus.
10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
It must have been hard for her to give him away like that. It most likely would have happened once he could eat solid foods, but we don’t actually know. That’s why this is in yellow.
Scripture Discussed: Exodus 2:1-10
IIWAC: River Boy
Remember the killing.
3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
The tar and pitch keep the basket…basket shaped. Might also fill in the gaps and help with floating. I’ve never constructed one of these.
5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank.
I couldn’t take a bath in front of other people.
She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.
Why would she do anything when a slave can do it?
6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.
7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”
What a clever, God saving the day, sort of idea.
8 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.
God likes to keep families together.
9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him.
Getting paid to do what she would have happily done for free as Moses’ mom is just a bonus.
10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses,[b] saying, “I drew him out of the water.”
It must have been hard for her to give him away like that. It most likely would have happened once he could eat solid foods, but we don’t actually know. That’s why this is in yellow.
Scripture Discussed: Exodus 2:1-10