Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 10

Pharaoh’s daughter kneels beside the opened basket, gazing at infant Moses; attendant nearby. The basket reference is for object continuity only. Jochebed and Miriam are not in this frame. The infant is crying with a small open mouth, without distress injury.
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Exodus 2:5-6

Compassion at the river

Hidden for three months · Exodus 2

Story guide: Pharaoh’s daughter finds the crying child and has compassion.

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5Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe at the Nile, while her young women were walking along the bank of the Nile. She saw the basket in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her servant girl and took it.

6She opened it and saw him, the child, and behold, a boy was crying. She had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

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