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Exodus 2:9

World English Bible

Pharaoh’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.

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Exodus 2:9 in other translations

And 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.

Exodus 2:9 · American Standard Version

Exodus 2:9 in context

  1. 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?”
  2. 8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.”
    The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
  3. 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.
  4. 10The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
  5. 11In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.