The Birth of Moses. And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” Exo 2:10
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Nation Israel Delivered and Organized
ISRAEL IN EGYPT, Exodus 1:8-12:36
2. The Deliverer Raised up and Called, Exodus 2:1-4:31
3. How did God provide a helper in Pharaoh’s own household?
THE BIRTH OF MOSES
Now a man of the house of Levi [the priestly tribe] went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi. [Exo 6:18, Exo 6:20; Num 26:59]
The woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw that he was [especially] beautiful and healthy, she hid him for three months [to protect him from the Egyptians]. [Act 7:20; Heb 11:23]
When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
And his sister [Miriam] stood some distance away to find out what would happen to him.
Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, and [she, together with] her maidens walked along the river’s bank; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid [to get it], and she brought it to her.
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. And she took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a wet-nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.
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.
And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
MOSES PRESERVED BY PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER
When matters had reached their worst in respect to Israel’s condition, God was preparing a deliverer. The child was more than ordinarily beautiful, Act_7:20. His parents hid him by faith, Heb_11:23. Perhaps they had received a special revelation of his great future, on the strength of which they became strong to resist the royal command. They launched the ark, not on the Nile only, but on God’s Providence. He would be captain, steersman, and convoy of the tiny bark. Miriam stood to watch. There was no fear of fatal consequences, only the quiet expectancy that God would do something worthy of Himself. They reckoned on God’s faithfulness, and they were amply rewarded, when the daughter of their greatest foe became the babe’s patroness. See Psa 76:10.
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Exodus 2:1-10
II. THE BIRTH, RESCUE, AND TRAINING OF MOSES (Chap. 2)
2:1, 2 The man of the house of Levi in verse 1 was Amram, and the daughter of Levi was Jochebed (Exo_6:20). Thus both of Moses’ parents were of the priestly tribe of Levi. By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months (Heb_11:23). This must mean that they received some revelation that he was a child of destiny, because faith must be based on some revealed word of God.
2:3-8 Jochebed’s ark, like Noah’s, is a picture of Christ. Moses’ sister was Miriam (Num_26:59). This chapter is full of seeming coincidences. For example, why did Pharaoh’s daughter happen to bathe right where the ark was floating? Why did the baby happen to cry and thus draw out her compassion? Why was Moses’ mother accepted by Pharaoh’s daughter as his nurse?
2:9, 10 Christian parents should take the words of verse 9 as a sacred charge and an unfailing promise. In Egyptian, “Moses,” the name given by Pharaoh’s daughter, probably means child or son. In Hebrew the same name means drawn out—i.e., drawn out of the water. Mackintosh remarks with his usual insight:
The devil was foiled by his own weapon, inasmuch as Pharaoh, whom he was using to frustrate the purpose of God, is used of God to nourish and bring up Moses, who was to be His instrument in confounding the power of Satan.
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