Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
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Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
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And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
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And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Exodus 2:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.
- Isaiah 46:3-4 “Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb. Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
- Exodus 6:20 Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.
- Ezekiel 16:8 “ ‘ “Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and you became mine.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Man’s counsel cannot hinder that, which God hath determined…
Man’s counsel cannot hinder that, which God hath determined shall come to pass.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go.…
Exo 2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
Ver. 8. The child’s mother.] None to her: as David said of Goliath’s sword, "None to that."
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, go,.... She fell…
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, go,.... She fell in at once with the proposal, being, no doubt, overruled, by the providence of God, to agree to have such a person called:
and the maid went and called the child's mother; and her own, whose name was Jochebed the wife of Amram, as observed in Exo 2:1.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. The girl naturally brings her mother, who thus…
8. The girl naturally brings her mother, who thus recovers her infant.
the maid] Heb. ‘almâh, implying that she was a grown up girl, and consequently at least 15 or 16 years older than Moses.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) The maid went and called the child’s mother.—Jochebed…
(8) The maid went and called the child’s mother.—Jochebed must have been waiting near, eagerly expecting—perhaps, while concealed from sight, watching the result, and ready to appear the moment that she was summoned. Miriam knew where to find her, and brought her quickly to the princess.
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