2 And the woman H802 conceived, H2029 and bare H3205 a son: H1121 and when she saw H7200 him that he was a goodly H2896 child, she hid H6845 him three H7969 months. H3391
3 And when she could H3201 not longer H5750 hide H6845 him, she took H3947 for him an ark H8392 of bulrushes, H1573 and daubed H2560 it with slime H2564 and with pitch, H2203 and put H7760 the child H3206 therein; and she laid H7760 it in the flags H5488 by the river's H2975 brink. H8193
4 And his sister H269 stood H3320 afar off, H7350 to wit H3045 what would be done H6213 to him.
5 And the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came down H3381 to wash H7364 herself at the river; H2975 and her maidens H5291 walked H1980 along by the river's H2975 side; H3027 and when she saw H7200 the ark H8392 among H8432 the flags, H5488 she sent H7971 her maid H519 to fetch H3947 it.
6 And when she had opened H6605 it, she saw H7200 the child: H3206 and, behold, the babe H5288 wept. H1058 And she had compassion H2550 on him, and said, H559 This is one of the Hebrews' H5680 children. H3206
7 Then said H559 his sister H269 to Pharaoh's H6547 daughter, H1323 Shall I go H3212 and call H7121 to thee a nurse H3243 of the Hebrew H5680 women, H802 that she may nurse H3243 the child H3206 for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323 said H559 to her, Go. H3212 And the maid H5959 went H3212 and called H7121 the child's H3206 mother. H517
9 And Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323 said H559 unto her, Take H3212 this child H3206 away, H3212 and nurse H3243 it for me, and I will give H5414 thee thy wages. H7939 And the woman H802 took H3947 the child, H3206 and nursed H5134 it.
10 And the child H3206 grew, H1431 and she brought H935 him unto Pharaoh's H6547 daughter, H1323 and he became her son. H1121 And she called H7121 his name H8034 Moses: H4872 and she said, H559 Because I drew H4871 him out of the water. H4325
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Commentary on Exodus 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
This chapter begins the story of Moses, that man of renown, famed for his intimate acquaintance with Heaven and his eminent usefulness on earth, and the most remarkable type of Christ, as a prophet, saviour, lawgiver, and mediator, in all the Old Testament. The Jews have a book among them of the life of Moses, which tells a great many stories concerning him, which we have reason to think are mere fictions; what he has recorded concerning himself is what we may rely upon, for we know that his record is true; and it is what we may be satisfied with, for it is what Infinite Wisdom thought fit to preserve and transmit to us. In this chapter we have,
Exd 2:1-4
Moses was a Levite, both by father and mother. Jacob left Levi under marks of disgrace (Gen. 49:5); and yet, soon after, Moses appears a descendant from him, that he might typify Christ, who came in the likeness of sinful flesh and was made a curse for us. This tribe began to be distinguished from the rest by the birth of Moses, as afterwards it became remarkable in many other instances. Observe, concerning this newborn infant,
Exd 2:5-10
Here is,
Exd 2:11-15
Moses had now passed the first forty years of his life in the court of Pharaoh, preparing himself for business; and now it was time for him to enter upon action, and,
Exd 2:16-22
Moses here gains a settlement in Midian, just as his father Jacob had gained one in Syria, Gen. 29:2, etc. And both these instances should encourage us to trust Providence, and to follow it. Events that seem inconsiderable, and purely accidental, afterwards appear to have been designed by the wisdom of God for very good purposes, and of great consequence to his people. A casual transient occurrence has sometimes occasioned the greatest and happiest turns of a man's life. Observe,
Exd 2:23-25
Here is,