Exodus 2:9

9 And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child, and suckled it for me, and I will give thee the wages; and the woman took the child, and suckled 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 And his sister said to the daughter of Pharao, Wilt thou that I call to thee a nurse of the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for thee?

8 And the daughter of Pharao said, Go: and the young woman went, and called the mother of the child.

9 And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child, and suckled it for me, and I will give thee the wages; and the woman took the child, and suckled it.

10 And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharao, and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water.

11 And it came to pass in that length of time, that Moses having grown, went out to his brethren the sons of Israel: and having noticed their distress, he sees an Egyptian smiting a certain Hebrew of his brethren the children of Israel.