KJV King James Version
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
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Exodus 2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
WEB World English Bible
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, ‘Because—from the water I have drawn him.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
7 Then said his sister to 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 the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and 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 an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִגְדַּ֣לH1431 · ga.dalto magnifyהַיֶּ֗לֶדH3206 · ye.ledyouthוַתְּבִאֵ֙הוּ֙H935 · boto come (in): comeלְבַת־H1323 · batdaughterפַּרְעֹ֔הH6547 · par.ohPharaohוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beלָ֖הּH9034 · haherלְבֵ֑ןH1121 · benson: childוַתִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמוֹ֙H8034 · shemnameמֹשֶׁ֔הH4872 · mo.shehMosesוַתֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforמִן־H4480 · minfromהַמַּ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterמְשִׁיתִֽהוּ׃H4871 · ma.shahto draw
Cross-references
Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;Acts 7:21-22And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.1 Samuel 1:20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD.Genesis 16:11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.Galatians 4:5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.Genesis 48:5And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
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