Exodus 2:2–10

²and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he is fair, and she hideth him three months, ³and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River; ⁴and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.

⁵And 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, ⁶and 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.’ ⁷And 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;’ ⁸and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, ‘Go;’ and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad, ⁹and 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. ¹⁰And 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.’