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Exodus 2:8 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Exodus 2:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 2 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.”
Exodus 2:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Exodus 2:8
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother (וַתֵּלֶךְ הָעַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־אֵם הַיָּלֶד, vatelekh ha'almah vatiqra et-em hayaled)—The simple command Go (לֵכִי, lekhi) sets in motion the restoration. The maid (הָעַלְמָה, ha'almah, "the young woman/girl") is Miriam. The text's restraint conceals dramatic irony: called the child's mother (אֵם הַיָּלֶד, em hayaled) reunites them under royal protection and pay (v. 9). What Satan meant for death (Nile), God turns to deliverance. What Pharaoh decreed for destruction, God transforms into provision. The ...
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Cross-References for Exodus 2:8
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“house of Jacob”
“then Yahweh will take me up.”
“And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.”
“and looked at you”