Thematic Bible: Fondness and care of mothers for
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The woman became pregnant and bore a son. She saw how beautiful he was and hid him for three months. When she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus reeds and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus reeds near the bank of the Nile River. The baby's sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. read more.
The king's daughter came to the river to bathe. Her servants walked along the bank. Suddenly she noticed the basket in the papyrus reeds and sent a slave woman to get it. She opened it and saw a baby boy. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. This is one of the Hebrew babies, she said. His sister asked her: Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby for you? Please do, she answered. So the girl went and brought the baby's own mother. Pharaoh's daughter told her: Take care of this child, and I will pay you. The baby's mother carried him home and took care of him. When he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses because she said: I pulled him out of the water.
The king's daughter came to the river to bathe. Her servants walked along the bank. Suddenly she noticed the basket in the papyrus reeds and sent a slave woman to get it. She opened it and saw a baby boy. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. This is one of the Hebrew babies, she said. His sister asked her: Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby for you? Please do, she answered. So the girl went and brought the baby's own mother. Pharaoh's daughter told her: Take care of this child, and I will pay you. The baby's mother carried him home and took care of him. When he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses because she said: I pulled him out of the water.
His mother made him a little robe. She brought it to him when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Then Solomon said: Do not kill the child! Give it to the first woman. She is the real mother.
Can a woman forget her nursing child? Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb? Although mothers forget, I will not forget you.
But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children. Having much affection for you, we were well pleased to impart the good news of God to you and also to share our lives with you. You have become very dear to us.
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