What is the meaning of Exodus 2:10? When the child had grown older • Moses’ mother followed Pharaoh’s daughter’s command to nurse him (Exodus 2:9), but only “until” he was old enough to be weaned. • In Scripture, weaning often took several years (Genesis 21:8; 1 Samuel 1:23–24), allowing formative time for a child’s earliest impressions of the true God. • God’s providence shines: the boy is safe at home during his most impressionable stage, despite the royal edict of death (Exodus 1:22). • Isaiah 49:15 reminds us that a mother’s compassion reflects God’s own faithfulness; here, that compassion is the very means God uses to keep Moses alive. She brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter • The phrase shows straightforward obedience to an earlier agreement (Exodus 2:8–9). • Acts 7:21 confirms this transfer: “Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.” • The timing underscores divine timing—neither too soon to endanger him nor too late to miss God’s next step. And he became her son • Adoption granted Moses full standing in Egypt’s royal household—education, privilege, and influence (Acts 7:22). • Yet Hebrews 11:24 highlights the tension that would come: “By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.” • God often positions His servants within worldly systems to accomplish His purposes (Joseph in Genesis 41:39–41; Daniel in Daniel 1:19–20), then later calls them to stand apart. She named him Moses • Naming in the Bible signals authority and destiny (Genesis 17:5; Matthew 1:21). • The princess, not the birth-mother, assigns the name, confirming legal adoption. • The choice of name ties the boy’s story permanently to God’s act of rescue. “I drew him out of the water” • The name’s explanation recalls the basket deliverance (Exodus 2:3–6) and keeps God’s saving act front and center. • Psalm 18:16 and 2 Samuel 22:17 echo the same imagery of God drawing His people “out of many waters,” foreshadowing Israel’s own deliverance through the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21-22). • Every mention of Moses’ name thereafter reminds Israel that their leader—and soon their nation—exists only because God rescues. summary Exodus 2:10 shows God orchestrating every detail: a child nurtured by his own mother, legally adopted into Egypt’s palace, and forever marked by a name that proclaims divine rescue. The verse assures us that God’s sovereign care can overturn hostile decrees, shape identities, and set the stage for future deliverance. |
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