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Exodus 2:9

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Pharaoh’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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Exodus 2

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her,.... Being come, having made all possible haste: take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages; by which means she had not only the nursing of her own child, but was paid for it: according to a Jewish writer (t), Pharaoh's daughter agreed with her for two pieces of silver a day. (t) Dibre Hayamim; sive Chronicon Mosis, fol. 4. 1.

This site's exposition

Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women

on Exodus 2:7-9

The sister's question puts the child back into his own mother's arms, and the Egyptian court then pays her to nurse him. An order to drown the Hebrew boys ends with Pharaoh's household funding the upbringing of the man who will lead them out.

This site's exposition

Take this child and nurse him for me

The mother who had been forced to hide her son now raised him openly under royal protection. John Gill notes that she was paid for nursing her own child. He cites a Jewish writer who set the wage at two pieces of silver a day.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתֹּ֧אמֶרand she said

    vatomerH559 →5305 times

  • לָ֣הּto <the> her

    lah

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • פַּרְעֹ֗הPharaoh

    parohH6547 →274 times

  • הֵילִ֜יכִיtake

    heilikhiH1980 →1546 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַיֶּ֤לֶדthe child

    haiyeledH3206 →89 times

  • הַזֶּה֙<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְהֵינִקִ֣הוּand suckle him

    veheinikihuH3243 →33 times

  • לִ֔יfor <the> me

    li

  • וַאֲנִ֖יand I

    vaaniH589 →874 times

  • אֶתֵּ֣ןI will pay

    ʾetenH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שְׂכָרֵ֑ךְwage[s] your

    sekharekhH7939 →

  • וַתִּקַּ֧חand she took

    vatikachH3947 →966 times

  • הָאִשָּׁ֛הthe woman

    haishahH802 →781 times

  • הַיֶּ֖לֶדthe child

    haiyeledH3206 →89 times

  • וַתְּנִיקֵֽהוּ׃and she suckled him

    vatenikehuH3243 →33 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Finding of Moses — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Finding of Moses — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 2 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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