Chūāijíjì 2:7

7 Háizi de zǐ zǐ duì fǎlǎo de nǚér shuō , wǒ qù zaì Xībólái fùrén zhōng jiào yī gè nǎi mā lái , wèi nǐ nǎi zhè háizi , kĕyǐ bùkĕ yǐ .

Chūāijíjì 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:7

Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter
Miriam the sister of Moses, who observing the ark taken up, and the maidens that were walking upon the bank of the river, and other women perhaps, gathering about it to see it; she made one among them, and after hearing their discourse about it, proposed what follows to Pharaoh's daughter: Jarchi says, that Pharaoh's daughter tried several Egyptian women to suckle it, but it would not suck of them: Josephus ^F18 says the same, and it also is in the Talmud ^F19; and that, if true, gave Miriam a fair opportunity to offer to do the following message for her:

shall I go and call for thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may
nurse the child for thee?
for she perceived that she was desirous of having the child brought up as her own.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 9. sect. 5.
F19 T. Bab. Sotah, ut supra. (fol. 12.1)

Chūāijíjì 2:7 In-Context

5 Fǎlǎo de nǚér lái dào hé bian xǐzǎo , tāde shǐnǚ men zaì hé bian xíng zǒu . tā kànjian xiāngzi zaì lú dí zhōng , jiù dǎfa yī gè bìnǚ ná lái .

6 Tā dǎkāi xiāngzi , kànjian nà háizi . háizi kū le , tā jiù kĕliàn tā , shuō , zhè shì Xībólái rén de yī gè háizi .

7 Háizi de zǐ zǐ duì fǎlǎo de nǚér shuō , wǒ qù zaì Xībólái fùrén zhōng jiào yī gè nǎi mā lái , wèi nǐ nǎi zhè háizi , kĕyǐ bùkĕ yǐ .

8 Fǎlǎo de nǚér shuō , kĕyǐ . tóngnǚ jiù qù jiào le háizi de mǔqin lái .

9 Fǎlǎo de nǚér duì tā shuō , nǐ bǎ zhè háizi bào qù , wèi wǒ nǎi tā , wǒ bì gĕi nǐ gōngjià . fùrén jiù bào le háizi qù nǎi tā .