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She opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews` children."
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A Cry That Changed History
Commentators emphasize that the baby's weeping was the crucial turning point. This simple, human cry evoked a powerful sense of compassion in Pharaoh's daughter, moving her to defy her own father's cruel edict. Scholars like Albert Barnes note that compassion was a highly regarded virtue in Egyptian culture, but it was this personal, emotional response that set in motion the rescue of Israel's future deliverer.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
She had compassion on him - The Egyptians regarded such tenderness as a condition of acceptance on the day of reckoning. In the presence of …
19th Century
Anglican
When she had opened it. —The princess opened the ark herself, perhaps suspecting what was inside, perhaps out of mere curiosity.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when she had opened it The ark, for it was shut or covered over, though doubtless there were some apertures for …
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