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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

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

Her name, in Jos…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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