Exodus 2 · Verse 10

Exodus 2:10

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.

Exodus 2:10, King James Version

Exodus 2:10 in other translations

BSB	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.”
WEB	The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
ASV	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.
YLT	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.'
DARBY	And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
BBE	And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.
Webster	And the child grew, and she brought him to 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.

What does Exodus 2:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter--Though it must have been nearly as severe a trial for Jochebed to part with him the second time as the first, she was doubtless reconciled to it by her belief in his high destination as the future deliverer of Israel. His age when removed to the palace is not stated; but he was old enough to be well instructed in the principles of the true religion; and those early impressions, deepened by the power of divine grace, were never forgotten or effaced. he became her son--by adoption, and his high rank afforded him advantages in education, which in the Providence of God were made subservient to far different purposes from what his royal patroness intended. she called his name Moses--His parents might, as usual, at the time of his circumcision, have given him a name, which is traditionally said to have been Joachim. But the name chosen by the princess, whether of Egyptian or Hebrew origin, is the only one by which he has ever been known to the church; and it is a permanent memorial of the painful incidents of his birth and infancy.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 And he became her son - From this time of his being brought home by his nurse his education commenced, and he was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, Act 7:22, who in the knowledge of nature probably exceeded all the nations then on the face of the earth. And she called his name - משה mosheh, because מן המים min hammayim, out of the waters משיתהו meshithihu, have I drawn him. משה mashah signifies to draw out; and mosheh is the person drawn out; the word is used in the same sense Psa 18:16, and 2Sam 22:17. What name he had from his parents we know not; but whatever it might be it was ever after lost in the name given to him by the princess of Egypt. Abul Farajius says that Thermuthis delivered him to the wise men Janees and Jimbrees to be instructed in wisdom.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 2:5-10

Come, see the place where that great man, Moses, lay, when he was a little child; it was in a bulrush basket by the river's side. Had he been left there long, he must have perished. But Providence brings Pharaoh's daughter to the place where this poor forlorn infant lay, and inclines her heart to pity it, which she dares do, when none else durst. God's care of us in our infancy ought to be often mentioned by us to…

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Exodus 2:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִגְדַּ֣לva.yig.Daland he grew upH1431

הַיֶּ֗לֶדhai.Ye.ledthe childH3206

וַתְּבִאֵ֙הוּ֙va.te.vi.'E.huand she took himH935

לְבַת\־le.vat-to [the] daughter ofH1323

פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547

וַֽיְהִי\־vay.hi-and he becameH1961

לָ֖הּlahto her

לְבֵ֑ןle.Ven<into> a sonH1121

וַתִּקְרָ֤אva.tik.Ra'and she calledH7121

שְׁמוֹ֙she.Moname hisH8034

מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872

וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559

כִּ֥יkithatH3588

מִן\־min-fromH4480

הַמַּ֖יִםha.Ma.yimthe waterH4325

מְשִׁיתִֽהוּ\׃me.shi.Ti.huI drew himH4871

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 2:10

Hebrews 11:24
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
Acts 7:21-22
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
1 Samuel 1:20
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Galatians 4:5
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Genesis 48:5
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and he.
Ge 48:5; Ac 7:21,22; Ga 4:5; Heb 11:24; 1Jo 3:1
Moses. Drawn out. Because.
Ge 4:25; 16:11; 1Sa 1:20; Mt 1:21

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Context

Exodus 2:9
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Exodus 2:10
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.
Exodus 2:11
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

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Exodus 2:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y como creció el niño, ella lo trajo á la hija de Faraón, la cual lo prohijó, y púsole por nombre Moisés, diciendo: Porque de las aguas lo saqué.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et l’enfant grandit, et elle l’amena à la fille du Pharaon, et il fut son fils; et elle appela son nom Moïse, et dit: Car je l’ai tiré des eaux.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und als das Kind groß wurde, brachte sie es der Tochter des Pharao, und es wurde ihr zum Sohne; und sie gab ihm den Namen Mose und sprach: denn aus dem Wasser habe ich ihn gezogen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Quem illa adoptavit in locum filii, vocavitque nomen ejus Moyses, dicens: Quia de aqua tuli eum.