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The Story of Miriam
Watching over the baby Moses
Moses' sister watches the basket on the Nile and offers to find a Hebrew nurse for Pharaoh's daughter, bringing Moses' own mother. The passage does not name her; later passages name Moses' sister as Miriam.
5 verses to read
Exodus 2:4–8 WEB
4His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him. 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. 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.” 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?” 8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
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