And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked along by the riverside. And she saw the ark among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.

So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood [thou are], because of the circumcision.

Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Thou will surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee. Thou are not able to perform it thyself alone.

And Moses alone shall come near to LORD, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may grow hot against them, and that I may consume them. And I will make of thee a great nation.