Exodus 2:1-9 ▼

1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.

2 The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set [it] among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

4 His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

5 The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it [to her].

6 When she opened [it], she saw the child, and behold, [the] boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, |This is one of the Hebrews' children.|

7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, |Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?|

8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, |Go [ahead].| So the girl went and called the child's mother.

9 Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, |Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give [you] your wages.| So the woman took the child and nursed him.