Daughter of Pharaoh in Exodus 2:5

The princess who adopted the infant Moses (q.v.), Ex. 2:10. She is twice mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 7:21: Heb. 11:24). It would seem that she was alive and in some position of influence about the court when Moses was compelled to flee from Egypt, and thus for forty years he had in some way been under her influence. She was in all probability the sister of Rameses, and the daughter of Seti I. Josephus calls her Thermuthis. It is supposed by some that she was Nefert-ari, the wife as well as sister of Rameses. The mummy of this queen was among the treasures found at Deir-el-Bahari.

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Show passage in OET: EXO 2:5-10

OET-RV EXO 2:5

5 After a while, Par’oh’s (Pharaoh’s) daughter came down to the river to wash herself, and she and her young attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the container among the reeds and sent one of her slave women to get it.

OET-RV EXO 2:6

6 She opened it and saw the baby inside, and wow, he started crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This baby must be one of the Ivri (Hebrew) children.”

OET-RV EXO 2:7

7 Then his sister approached and asked the princess, “Would you like me to go and find a Ivri woman who’ll be able to breastfeed the baby for you?”

OET-RV EXO 2:8

8 “Yes, go,” answered Par’oh’s daughter, and the girl went and got the baby’s mother.

OET-RV EXO 2:9

9 “Take this baby,” said the princess, “and breastfeed him for me, and I’ll pay you for doing it.” So the woman took the baby and looked after him.

OET-RV EXO 2:10

10 When the boy had grown enough, she brought him back to Par’oh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him ‘Mosheh’ (Moses) (which means ‘pulled out’) because she said that she’d plucked him out of the river.

OET-LV EXO 2:5

5 And_ the _daughter _of Parˊoh _she _went _down to_bathe at the_River and_her _female _of_attendants were_walking on the _side _of the _River and_she/it _saw DOM the_box in _the_middle the_rush[es] and_she _sent DOM maid _of_her and_she_fetched _it

OET-LV EXO 2:6

6 and_she _opened_it and_she_saw _him DOM the_child and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a _lad was_crying and_she _had _compassion on/upon/above_him/it and_she/it _said is_one_of _the _children _of the _ˊIⱱrī/(Hebrews) this.

OET-LV EXO 2:7

7 And_ sister _of_his _she/it _said to the _daughter _of Parˊoh will_I _go and_will _I _call to/for_you(fs) a _woman a _wet _nurse from the _Hebrew_women so_that _she _may _suckle to/for_you(fs) DOM the_child.

OET-LV EXO 2:8

8 And_she/it _said to/for_her/it the _daughter _of Parˊoh go and_ the _young_woman _she _went and_she/it _called/named DOM the _mother _of the _child.

OET-LV EXO 2:9

9 And_she/it _said to/for_her/it the _daughter _of Parˊoh take DOM the_child the_this and_suckle_him to_me and_I I _will _pay DOM wage[s]_of_your and_ the_woman _she/it _took the_child and_she_suckled _him.

OET-LV EXO 2:10

10 And_he _grew _up the_child and_she_took _him to_the _daughter _of Parˊoh and_he/it _was to/for_her/it (into)_a_son and_she/it _called/named his/its_name Mosheh and_she/it _said if/because from the_waters I_drew _him.

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