Exodus 2:10

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“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.””

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BSBPD

“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.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 2:10 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 4:25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
  2. Genesis 16:11The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
  3. Genesis 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  4. 1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
  5. Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  6. Acts 7:21When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
  7. Galatians 4:5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
  8. Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
  9. 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

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