Exodus 1:22-2:10

New King James Version

²² So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, ^(A)“Every son who is ^[a]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

Moses Is Born^(B)

2 And ^(C)a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. ² So the woman conceived and bore a son. And ^(D)when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. ³ But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of ^(E)bulrushes for him, daubed it with ^(F)asphalt and ^(G)pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds ^(H)by the river’s bank. ^4 (I)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

⁵ Then the ^(J)daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. ⁶ And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion 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 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden 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. ¹⁰ And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became ^(K)her son. So she called his name ^[b]Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”