Exodus 2:9

9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto 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.

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 unto Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for thee?

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

9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto 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 grew, she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, for she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

11 And it came to pass in those days when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren and looked on their burdens, and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.