Exodus 2:8

8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel went and called the child's mother.

Exodus 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:8

And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, go
She fell in at once with the proposal, being, no doubt, overruled, by the providence of God, to agree to have such a person called:

and the maid went and called the child's mother;
and her own, whose name was Jochebed the wife of Amram, as observed in ( Exodus 2:1 ) .

Exodus 2:8 In-Context

6 And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.

7 And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a wet-nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel went and called the child's mother.

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.

10 And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.