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Young Miriam guides Jochebed toward Pharaoh’s daughter, who holds the safely swaddled infant.
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Exodus 2:7-9

Returned to his mother

Hidden for three months · Exodus 2

Story guide: The child’s sister brings his mother to nurse him.

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7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nursing woman from the Hebrew women for you, so that she may nurse the child for you?”

8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the young woman went and called the child’s mother.

9Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.

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