Exodus 2:9

9 The king's daughter said to the woman, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took her baby 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 the baby's sister asked the king's daughter, "Would you like me to go and find a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby for you?"

8 The king's daughter said, "Go!" So the girl went and got the baby's own mother.

9 The king's daughter said to the woman, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took her baby and nursed him.

10 When the child grew older, the woman took him to the king's daughter, and she adopted the baby as her own son. The king's daughter named him Moses, because she had pulled him out of the water.

11 Moses grew and became a man. One day he visited his people and saw that they were forced to work very hard. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew man, one of Moses' own people.