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Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 2:8

and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Go;' and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adoption;   Children;   Jochebed;   Kindness;   Miriam;   Moses;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Moses;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children;   Egypt;   Woman;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Miriam;   Moses;   Virgin;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Miriam;   Wean;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miriam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Maid, Maiden;   Miriam;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Virgin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Miriam;   Moses;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh's Daughter,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Enslavement, the;   Encampment at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Maid;   Moses;   Pharaoh's Daughter;   Virgin;   Woman;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adoption;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Michael;   Moses;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Par`oh's daughter said to her, "Go." The almah went and called the child's mother.
King James Version
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
Lexham English Bible
And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, "Go." And the girl went, and she called the mother of the boy.
New Century Version
The king's daughter said, "Go!" So the girl went and got the baby's own mother.
New English Translation
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Yes, do so." So the young girl went and got the child's mother.
Amplified Bible
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
New American Standard Bible
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Pharaohs daughter sayde to her, Goe. So the maide went and called the childes mother,
Legacy Standard Bible
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
Contemporary English Version
"Yes," the king's daughter answered. So the girl brought the baby's mother,
Complete Jewish Bible
Pharaoh's daughter answered, "Yes, go." So the girl went and called the baby's own mother.
Darby Translation
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel went and called the child's mother.
Easy-to-Read Version
The king's daughter said, "Yes, please." So the girl went and brought the baby's own mother.
English Standard Version
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
George Lamsa Translation
And Pharaohs daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and called the childs mother.
Good News Translation
"Please do," she answered. So the girl went and brought the baby's own mother.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Go,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. So the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
Literal Translation
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and called the child's mother.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Pharaos doughter sayde vnto her: Go thy waye. The mayde wente, and called the childes mother.
American Standard Version
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
Bible in Basic English
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Pharaos daughter aunswered her: go. And the mayde ranne and called the chyldes mother.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
King James Version (1611)
And Pharaohs daughter said to her, Goe: And the mayd went and called the childs mother.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the daughter of Pharao said, Go: and the young woman went, and called the mother of the child.
English Revised Version
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
Berean Standard Bible
"Go ahead," Pharaoh's daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy's mother.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
She answeride, Go thou. The damysel yede, and clepide the `modir of the child.
Update Bible Version
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
World English Bible
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went and called the child's mother.
New King James Version
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the maiden went and called the child's mother.
New Living Translation
"Yes, do!" the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby's mother.
New Life Bible
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
New Revised Standard
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Yes." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her - Go. So the maid went, and called the mother of the child.
Douay-Rheims Bible
She answered: Go. The maid went and called her mother.
Revised Standard Version
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
THE MESSAGE
Pharaoh's daughter said, "Yes. Go." The girl went and called the child's mother.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother.

Contextual Overview

5 And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it, 6 and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, `This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.' 7 And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, `Do I go? when I have called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad for thee;' 8 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Go;' and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad, 9 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I -- I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him. 10 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.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go: Psalms 27:10, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:4, Ezekiel 16:8

mother: Exodus 6:20

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 19:35 - I hear Isaiah 7:15 - Butter

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
Genesis 2:9
and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:24
yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
2 Kings 19:12
did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Thelassar?
Isaiah 51:3
For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur -- Chilmad -- [are] thy merchants,
Ezekiel 28:13
In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.
Ezekiel 31:16
From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth -- the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, go,.... She fell in at once with the proposal, being, no doubt, overruled, by the providence of God, to agree to have such a person called:

and the maid went and called the child's mother; and her own, whose name was Jochebed the wife of Amram, as observed in Exodus 2:1.


 
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