A Mother the Best Nurse
Exodus 2:9
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages…


1. Because she has truest sympathy with the circumstances of the child's life.

2. Because she is more truly concerned for the right development of its moral character.

3. Because then she will have gladdening memories of its infancy and childhood.

(J. S. Exell, M. A.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it.




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