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Exodus 2:7

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Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”

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Exodus 2:7 in other translations

Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

Exodus 2:7 · American Standard Version

Exodus 2:7 in context

  1. 5Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.
  2. 6She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
  3. 7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
  4. 8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.”
    The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
  5. 9Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.”
    The woman took the child, and nursed it.