Moses born and adopted by Pharaoh's daughter
Exodus 2:1–10; Acts 7:20–22; Hebrews 11:23
Hidden by his parents and then set in a basket on the Nile, baby Moses was found by Pharaoh's daughter and raised as her son.
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
Exodus 2:10 (World English Bible)
By faith, Hebrews says, Moses' parents hid him for three months, unafraid of the king's order. When they could no longer hide him, his mother put him in a basket among the reeds, and his sister watched. Pharaoh's daughter found him and took pity on him, and his sister arranged for his own mother to nurse him.
Moses grew up in Pharaoh's household and, Stephen says, was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians (Acts 7:22).
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Dating notes
Moses was 80 when he spoke to Pharaoh (Exodus 7:7) and 120 at his death (Deuteronomy 34:7).