Exodus 2:1-9

1Now a man from the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.

2The woman conceived and gave birth to a son. Now when she saw that he was delightful, she hid him for three months.

3But when she could no longer hide him, she took a basket of papyrus reeds, coated it with tar and pitch, put the child inside, and laid it in the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

4His sister stood off at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe, while her maidens walked along by the riverside. When she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her handmaiden to fetch it.

6When she opened it, she saw the child—look, a baby boy crying! She had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse from the Hebrews to nurse the child for you?”

8Pharaoh’s daughter told her, “Go!” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.

9Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.