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Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.”[a] So the woman took the child and nursed him.

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  1. 2:9 And I will pay your wages: the idea that the child’s mother will be paid for nursing her child—and by Pharaoh’s own daughter—heightens the narrative’s irony.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him.

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