Exodus 2:9

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.

Exodus 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:9

And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her
Being come, having made all possible haste:

take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy
wages;
by which means she had not only the nursing of her own child, but was paid for it: according to a Jewish writer ^F20, Pharaoh's daughter agreed with her for two pieces of silver a day.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Dibre Hayamim; sive Chronicon Mosis, fol. 4. 1.

Exodus 2:9 In-Context

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 older, 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. ”

11 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.