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God's Sovereign Irony
Commentators emphasize the profound irony orchestrated by God. Pharaoh's daughter, part of the family seeking to destroy the Hebrews, unknowingly hires Moses' own mother to nurse him. As Matthew Henry notes, she preserves Israel's deliverer, demonstrating how God sovereignly uses the actions of unknowing individuals to fulfill His divine plan.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 2:9
19th Century
Bishop
Nurse it for me. —The princess adopts Miriam’s suggestion; the child is to be nursed for her —is to be hers. She will sen…
John Gill
On Exodus 2:9
17th Century
Pastor
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her
Being come, having made all possible haste:
take this child aw…
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…