EXODUS—NOTE ON Exodus 2:10 In Hebrew, the name Moses sounds like the verb “to draw out” (see esv footnote). The name may also be related to the common Egyptian word for “son.” Since Pharaoh’s daughter clearly knows that Moses is a Hebrew child (vv. Exodus 2:6), it is possible that she chose the name for both its Hebrew and its Egyptian meanings.

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