Exodus 2:8

8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl 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 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."

7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?"

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

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.

10 When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."