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Exodus 2:5 Cross-References

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And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Exodus 2:5 (KJV)

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Commentary on Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it (וַתֵּרֶד בַּת־פַּרְעֹה לִרְחֹץ עַל־הַיְאֹר, vatred bat-Par'oh lirchots al-haye'or)—God's providence orchestrates perfect timing: Pharaoh's daughter discovers the ark. Rabbinic tradition names her Bithiah ("daughter of Yah"), suggesting later conversion. Came down (יָרַד, yarad) to the river places her at the point of Moses' salvation. The irony is thick: Pharaoh weaponized the Nile for genocide (1:22); his...

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