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Pharaoh`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 handmaid to get it.

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An Act of Divine Providence

Commentators emphasize God's sovereign hand in this event. The arrival of Pharaoh's daughter at this exact spot, her heart being moved to pity in defiance of her father's decree, and the strategic placement of the basket are seen not as coincidences but as the work of divine providence. Matthew Henry notes that God uses such surprising events to show that He rules over all, preserving Israel's future deliverer.

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Exodus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Exodus 2:5

18th Century

Theologian

The traditions which give a name to the daughter of Pharaoh are merely conjectural. Egyptian princesses held a very high and almost independent pos…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 2:5

19th Century

Bishop

The daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself. —This would be quite in accordance with Egyptian ideas. “Women were al…

John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 2:5

17th Century

Pastor

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the
river

Her name, in Jos…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 2:5–10

17th Century

Minister

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…