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Daughter of Pharaoh and Moses
How Daughter of Pharaoh and Moses are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Daughter of Pharaoh was a parent of Moses.
Pharaoh's daughter took the Hebrew child from the river and paid his own mother to nurse him. When he grew he was brought to her, and "he became her son". She named him Moses.
he became her son. And she called his name Moses
Exodus 2:10, King James Version
Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son
Acts 7:21, King James Version
Where they cross: Exodus 2:5-10
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Exodus 2:5-10
5And 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.
6And 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.
7Then 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?
8And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
9And 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.
10And 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.
Acts 7:21
21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
King James Version