Exodus 2:8

8 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.

Exodus 2:8 in Other Translations

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

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

8 “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.

8 Pharaoh's daughter said, "Yes. Go." The girl went and called the child's mother.

8 "Go." Pharaoh's daughter told her. So the girl went and called the boy'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 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”

8 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.

9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him.

10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”