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The 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."
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God's Sovereign Irony
Commentators like Calvin and Henry highlight the profound irony in this verse. The very household of Pharaoh, who decreed the death of Hebrew boys, becomes the instrument of salvation for Israel's future deliverer. God not only protected Moses but placed him in the center of enemy power, demonstrating His sovereign ability to work through any circumstance to fulfill His plan.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He became her son - See the margin reference. His training and education was, humanly speaking, all but indispensable to the efficient accom…
19th Century
Anglican
The child grew. —Josephus regards these words as implying a growth that was strange and abnormal (Ant. Jud. ii. 9, § 6). …
16th Century
Protestant
And the child grew. Here, however, their grief was renewed when his parents were again obliged to give up Moses, and he was torn, as it we…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the child grew In stature and in strength, thriving under the care of its mother and nurse, through the blessing…
Come, see the place where that great man, Moses, lay when he was a little child; it was in a bulrush basket by the river's side. Had he been left t…
