10. she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter--Though it must have
been nearly as severe a trial for Jochebed to part with him the second
time as the first, she was doubtless reconciled to it by her belief in
his high destination as the future deliverer of Israel. His age when
removed to the palace is not stated; but he was old enough to be well
instructed in the principles of the true religion; and those early
impressions, deepened by the power of divine grace, were never
forgotten or effaced.
he became her son--by adoption, and his high rank afforded him
advantages in education, which in the Providence of God were made
subservient to far different purposes from what his royal patroness
intended.
she called his name Moses--His parents might, as usual, at the
time of his circumcision, have given him a name, which is traditionally
said to have been Joachim. But the name chosen by the princess, whether
of Egyptian or Hebrew origin, is the only one by which he has ever been
known to the church; and it is a permanent memorial of the painful
incidents of his birth and infancy.
JFB.
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