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Lexicon :: Strong's H1323 - baṯ

Aa
בַּת
Transliteration
baṯ
Pronunciation
bath
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 254b

Strong’s Definitions

בַּת bath, bath; from H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively):—apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 588x

The KJV translates Strong's H1323 in the following manner: daughter (526x), town (32x), village (12x), owl (with H3284) (8x), first (3x), apple (1x), branches (1x), children (1x), company (1x), daughter (with H8676) (1x), eye (1x), old (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 588x
The KJV translates Strong's H1323 in the following manner: daughter (526x), town (32x), village (12x), owl (with H3284) (8x), first (3x), apple (1x), branches (1x), children (1x), company (1x), daughter (with H8676) (1x), eye (1x), old (1x).
feminine noun
  1. daughter

    1. daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin

      1. as polite address

        proper feminine noun
      2. as designation of women of a particular place

      3. as personification

      4. daughter-villages

      5. description of character

  2. young women, women

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּת bath, bath; from H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively):—apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.
STRONGS H1323: Abbreviations
I. בַּת 587 noun feminine daughter (= *בַּנְתְּ from בן; Phoenician בת, MI בנת plural maidens, Assyrian bintu WincklerSargon, Glossary, Arabic بِنْتٌ; Sabean בת, בנת DHMZMG 1883, 391 CISiv. l, No. 6. 21; Aramaic Trfb) — ב׳ absolute Exodus 1:16 +; construct Genesis 11:29 +; suffix בִּתִּי Deuteronomy 22:16 +; בִּתְּךָ Genesis 29:18 +; בִּתֵּנוּ Genesis 34:17 etc.; plural בָּנוֺת Genesis 5:4 +; construct בְּנוֺת Genesis 6:2 +; suffix בְּנֹתַי Genesis 31:26+; בְּנוֺתֶיךָ Genesis 19:12 +; בְּנֹתָם Genesis 34:21; בְּנוֺתֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 12:31 +, etc.; —
1. daughter, female child, born of a woman Genesis 30:21; Genesis 34:1; Exodus 1:16, 22; Exodus 21:4; Leviticus 12:6; Hosea 1:6 compare Genesis 20:12; Leviticus 18:9; Deuteronomy 27:22 +; begotten by a man Genesis 5:4, 7, 10; Genesis 11:11, 13, 15 compare Genesis 11:29; Genesis 19:8; Genesis 20:12; Genesis 28:2; Leviticus 19:9; Deuteronomy 27:22 +; often || בֵּן son Genesis 5:4, 7 + (see H1121 בֵּן); compare in allegory of Jehoash 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18; note especially בְּנוֺת הָאָדָם i.e. human women Genesis 6:2, 4; הַקְּטַנָּה בִּתְּךָ thy younger daughter Genesis 29:18 (compare הַצְּעִירָה Genesis 29:26 opposed to הַבְּכִירָה); בִּתִּי הַגְּדוֺלָה my eldest daughter 1 Samuel 18:17; בַּת־(הַ)מֶּלֶךְ = princess 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 9:34; Daniel 11:6 compare 2 Samuel 13:18; Jeremiah 41:10; Jeremiah 43:6; Psalm 45:10; compare as term of praise בַּת־נָדִיב Songs 7:2; in particular
†a. girl called בִּתֵּנוּ by father and brothers Genesis 34:17 compare בִּתְּכֶם Genesis 34:8.
†b. of adopted daughter Esther 2:7, 15.
†c. used in speaking to daughter-in-law Ruth 1:11, 12, 13; Ruth 2:2, 8, 22; Ruth 3:1, 16, 18.
†d. בַּת־אָבִיו=sister Ezekiel 22:11 (appositive אחזתו); also half-sister Genesis 20:12 בַּת־אָבִי אַךְ לֹא בַת־אִמִּי, compare Leviticus 18:9 & Leviticus 18:11 בַּת־אֵשֶׁת אָבִיךָ, Leviticus 20:17.
†e. בַּת־דֹּדוֺ = cousin Esther 2:7.
†f. used in kindly address, בִּתִּי Ruth 3:10, 11 (Boaz to Ruth), compare Psalm 45:11; בְּנוֺתַי in mouth of י׳ Isaiah 43:6 (|| בָּנַי).
†g. בְּנוֺת בָּנָיו = granddaughters Genesis 46:7 (P) compare Leviticus 18:10 & Leviticus 18:17 (H); note also Genesis 37:35, where בנותיו must include other than actual daughters.
h. רִבְקָה בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל (as more precise designation) Genesis 25:20; compare Genesis 24:23, 24, 47 (twice in verse); also Genesis 26:34 (twice in verse); Genesis 29:10 +; note especially † בַּת־ פַּרְעֹה (without personal name) Exodus 2:5, 7, 8, 9, 10 compare 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 8:11; שׁוּע וּשְׁמוֹ כְּנַעֲנִי בַּת־אִישׁ Genesis 38:2 compare Genesis 38:12 (but compare 1 Chronicles 2:3 below בַּת־שׁוּעַ proper name, feminine below).
†i. often plural as designation of women of a particular city, land, or people: בְּנוֺת צִיּוֺן Isaiah 3:16, 17; Isaiah 4:4; Songs 3:11 compare Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 60:4; Lamentations 3:51; בְּנוֺת יְרוּשָׁלַם Songs 1:5; Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5, 10; Songs 5:8, 16; Songs 8:4; בְּנוֺת־שִׁילוֺ Judges 21:21 (twice in verse); בְּנוֺת רַבָּה Jeremiah 49:3; observe transitional phrase בְּנוֺת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר Genesis 24:13; further בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Genesis 28:1, 6, 8; Genesis 36:2 (all P) compare הַכְּנַעֲנִי ב׳ Genesis 24:3, 37 (J); בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ Genesis 27:46; Genesis 34:1 (both P); בְּנוֺת מוֺאָב Numbers 25:1; Isaiah 16:2 compare Numbers 21:29; חֵת ב׳ Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P); מְּלִשְׁתִּים ב׳ Judges 14:1, 2; 2 Samuel 1:20 || הָֽעֲרֵלִים ב׳ 2 Samuel 1:20 (poetry); יִשְׂרָאֵל ב׳ Judges 11:40; 1 Samuel 1:24 (poetry); יְהוּרָה ב׳ Psalm 48:12; Psalm 97:8; מְנַשֶּׁה ב׳ Joshua 17:6; דָּן ב׳ 2 Chronicles 2:13; compare בַּת־לַוֵי Exodus 2:1 i.e. a woman of tribe of Levi; also אַחֶיךָ ב׳ Judges 14:3; עַמֶּ֑ךָ ב׳ Ezekiel 13:17. — בֵּת־צִיּוֺן etc. see below 3 below
†2. young women, women Genesis 30:13 (J) Proverbs 31:29; Songs 2:2; Songs 6:9; בָּנוֺת בֹּטְחוֺת Isaiah 32:9; also בַּת הַנָּשִׁים Daniel 11:17.
†3. with name of city, land, or people, poetic personification of that city or inhabitants, etc.: בַּת־צִיּוֺן Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 10:32; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 62:11; Micah 1:13; Micah 4:8, 10, 13; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 6:2, 23; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 2:14; Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 9:15; Lamentations 1:6; Lamentations 2:1, 4; Lamentations 4:22; even זִקְנֵי בת־ציון Lamentations 2:10; צ׳ חוֺמַת ב׳ Lamentations 2:8; Lamentations 2:18; also ־צ׳בְּתוּלַת ב׳ 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; Lamentations 2:13; ־צ׳שְׁבִּיָּה ב׳ Isaiah 52:2; יְרוּשָׁלַם ב׳ 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; Micah 4:8; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 9:9; Lamentations 2:13, 15; compare בּת־פּוּצַי Zephaniah 3:10 daughter of my dispersed ones; בַּת־צֹר Psalm 45:13; בָּבֶל ב׳ Jeremiah 50:42; Jeremiah 51:33; Psalm 137:8; בָּבֶל בְּתוּלַת ב׳ Isaiah 47:1; see further Zechariah 2:11; also of Tarshish Isaiah 23:10, Sidon Isaiah 23:12 (+ בְּתוּלַת), Dibon Jeremiah 48:18 (+ יוֺשֶׁבֶת), Gallim Isaiah 10:30; בְּתוּלַת ־יְהוּדָהב׳ Lamentations 1:15; compare מִבְצְרֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה Lamentations 2:2; בַּת־עַמִּי daughter of my people Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 6:14, 26; Jeremiah 8:11, 19, 21, 22; Jeremiah 8:23; Jeremiah 9:6; Lamentations 3:48; Lamentations 4:3, 6, 10, י׳ בְּתוּלַת ב׳ Jeremiah 14:17; בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם Jeremiah 46:24; also Jeremiah 46:11 (+ בְּתוּלַת), Jeremiah 46:19 (+ יוֺשֶׁבֶת); אֱדוֺם ב׳ Lamentations 4:21, 22; כַּשְׂדִּים ב׳ Isaiah 47:1, 5; note הַבַּת הַשּׁוֺבֵבָ֑ה Jeremiah 31:22 (|| בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל Jeremiah 31:21) Jeremiah 49:4 (= Ammon); on בַּת־אֲשֻׁרִים Ezekiel 27:6 see below אֲשֻׁרִים; less often in plural בְּנוֺת הַגּוֺיִם Ezekiel 32:16; אַדִּרִם גּ׳ ב׳ Ezekiel 32:18 (these perhaps below 1i); פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּנוֺת Ezekiel 16:27 (in allegory); compare also of Sodom, Samaria, Syria etc. Ezekiel 16:44; Ezekiel 16:45; Ezekiel 16:46 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:53; Ezekiel 16:55 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:57 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:2.
4. plural = villages, after name of city, וּבְחֶשְׁבּוֺן וּבְכָל־בְּנֹתֶיהָ Numbers 21:25 compare Numbers 21:32; Numbers 32:42 (E) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (J E ?) + Joshua 15:28 Greek Version of the LXX Di, Joshua 17:11 (6 times) Joshua 17:16 (J) = Judges 1:27 (4 times in verse); Judges 11:26 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 49:2 + 17 times; Chronicles + 6 times; Nehemiah 11:25-31. On 1 Chronicles 18:1 & its variation from || 2 Samuel 8:1 see We Dr.
5. in phrases denoting character, quality, etc., בַּת־אֵל נֵכָר daughter of a strange god, i.e. idolatrous (woman or people) Malachi 2:11; בַּת־גְּדוּר daughter of a troop, i.e. war-like city Micah 4:14; בְּנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Ecclesiastes 12:4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes; בַּת־בְּלִיַּעַל 1 Samuel 1:16 see H1100 בְּלִיַּעַל.
†6. בַּת יַעֲנָה = ostrich Leviticus 11:16 = Deuteronomy 14:15; plural בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה Job 30:29; Micah 1:8; Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 43:20; Jeremiah 50:39 (see H3284 יַעֲנָה); בַּת־עַיִן pupil of the eye Lamentations 2:18 compare Ethiopic ብንተ፡ ዐደን፡ see also H380 אישׁוֺן.
7. figurative לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֺת Proverbs 30:15 two daughters (i.e. Sheôl & the barren womb, compare Comm.)
†8. of vine = branch בָּנוֺת צָֽעֲרָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר Genesis 49:22 compare Di & see below H1121 בֵּן.
†9. as noun relative (all P), of age of woman בַּת־תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה Genesis 17:17; of ewe-lamb בַּת־שְׁנָתָהּ Leviticus 14:10; Numbers 6:14; of she-goat id. Numbers 15:27.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 5:7; 5:7; 5:10; 6:2; 6:2; 6:4; 11:11; 11:13; 11:15; 11:29; 11:29; 17:17; 19:8; 19:12; 20:12; 20:12; 20:12; 24:3; 24:13; 24:23; 24:24; 24:37; 24:47; 25:20; 26:34; 27:46; 27:46; 28:1; 28:2; 28:6; 28:8; 29:10; 29:18; 29:18; 29:26; 30:13; 30:21; 31:26; 34:1; 34:1; 34:8; 34:17; 34:17; 34:21; 36:2; 37:35; 38:2; 38:12; 46:7; 49:22

Exodus

1:16; 1:16; 1:22; 2:1; 2:5; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 21:4

Leviticus

11:16; 12:6; 14:10; 18:9; 18:9; 18:10; 18:11; 18:17; 19:9; 20:17

Numbers

6:14; 15:27; 21:25; 21:29; 21:32; 25:1; 32:42

Deuteronomy

12:31; 14:15; 22:16; 27:22; 27:22

Joshua

15:28; 15:45; 15:47; 17:6; 17:11; 17:16

Judges

1:27; 11:26; 11:40; 14:1; 14:2; 14:3; 21:21

Ruth

1:11; 1:12; 1:13; 2:2; 2:8; 2:22; 3:1; 3:10; 3:11; 3:16; 3:18

1 Samuel

1:16; 1:24; 18:17

2 Samuel

1:20; 1:20; 8:1; 13:18

1 Kings

3:1; 7:8; 9:24; 11:1

2 Kings

9:34; 14:9; 19:21; 19:21

1 Chronicles

2:3; 18:1

2 Chronicles

2:13; 8:11; 22:11; 25:18

Nehemiah

11:25; 11:26; 11:27; 11:28; 11:29; 11:30; 11:31

Esther

2:7; 2:7; 2:15

Job

30:29

Psalms

9:15; 45:10; 45:11; 45:13; 48:12; 97:8; 137:8

Proverbs

30:15; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

12:4

Song of Songs

1:5; 2:2; 2:7; 3:5; 3:10; 3:11; 5:8; 5:16; 6:9; 7:2; 8:4

Isaiah

1:8; 3:16; 3:17; 4:4; 10:30; 10:32; 13:21; 16:1; 16:2; 22:4; 23:10; 23:12; 32:9; 34:13; 37:22; 37:22; 43:6; 43:20; 47:1; 47:1; 47:5; 49:22; 52:2; 60:4; 62:11

Jeremiah

4:11; 4:31; 6:2; 6:14; 6:23; 6:26; 8:11; 8:19; 8:21; 8:22; 9:6; 14:17; 31:21; 31:22; 41:10; 43:6; 46:11; 46:19; 46:24; 48:18; 49:2; 49:3; 49:4; 50:39; 50:42; 51:33

Lamentations

1:6; 1:15; 2:1; 2:2; 2:4; 2:8; 2:10; 2:13; 2:13; 2:15; 2:18; 2:18; 3:48; 3:51; 4:3; 4:6; 4:10; 4:21; 4:22; 4:22

Ezekiel

13:17; 16:27; 16:44; 16:45; 16:46; 16:53; 16:55; 16:57; 22:11; 23:2; 27:6; 32:16; 32:18

Daniel

11:6; 11:17

Hosea

1:6

Micah

1:8; 1:13; 4:8; 4:8; 4:10; 4:13

Zephaniah

3:10; 3:14; 3:14

Zechariah

2:11; 9:9; 9:9

Malachi

2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1323 matches the Hebrew בַּת (baṯ),
which occurs 590 times in 498 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 10 (Gen 29:24–Exo 2:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - (Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28 - So Jacob agreed to work seven more years. A week after Jacob had married Leah, Laban gave him Rachel, too.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - (Laban gave Rachel a servant, Bilhah, to be her maid.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13 - And Leah named him Asher,[fn] for she said, “What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:21 - Later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - “What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded. “How dare you drag my daughters away like prisoners of war?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - Why didn’t you let me kiss my daughters and grandchildren and tell them good-bye? You have acted very foolishly!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - “I rushed away because I was afraid,” Jacob answered. “I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 - Then Laban replied to Jacob, “These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks—in fact, everything you see is mine. But what can I do now about my daughters and their children?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - [fn]Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1 - One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - But then he fell in love with her, and he tried to win her affection with tender words.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:5 - Soon Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah. But since his sons were out in the fields herding his livestock, he said nothing until they returned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob’s family,[fn] something that should never be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:9 - In fact, let’s arrange other marriages, too. You give us your daughters for our sons, and we will give you our daughters for your sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:16 - then we will give you our daughters, and we’ll take your daughters for ourselves. We will live among you and become one people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - But if you don’t agree to be circumcised, we will take her and be on our way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob’s daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - “These men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:2 - Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - He also married his cousin Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and the sister of Nebaioth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - Esau took his wives, his children, and his entire household, along with his livestock and cattle—all the wealth he had acquired in the land of Canaan—and moved away from his brother, Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:14 - Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:18 - The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:25 - The descendants of Anah were his son, Dishon, and his daughter, Oholibamah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39 - When Baal-hanan son of Acbor died, Hadad[fn] became king in his place and ruled from the city of Pau. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - His family all tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “I will go to my grave[fn] mourning for my son,” he would say, and then he would weep.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:2 - There he saw a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, and he married her. When he slept with her,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - Then Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath-paneah.[fn] He also gave him a wife, whose name was Asenath. She was the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.[fn] So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - During this time, before the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:7 - sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters—all his descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - These were the sons of Leah and Jacob who were born in Paddan-aram, in addition to their daughter, Dinah. The number of Jacob’s descendants (male and female) through Leah was thirty-three.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These were the sons of Zilpah, the servant given to Leah by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Zilpah was sixteen.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 - Joseph’s sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These were the sons of Bilhah, the servant given to Rachel by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Bilhah was seven.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:22 - “Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey,
the foal of a wild donkey at a spring—
one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - “When you help the Hebrew women as they give birth, watch as they deliver.[fn] If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:10 - Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses,[fn] for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:20 - “Then where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave him there? Invite him to come and eat with us.”

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