Exodus 2:10

She brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter.

Though it must have been nearly as severe. trial with 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 true religion; and those early impressions, deepened by the power of divine grace, were never forgotten or effaced.-- R. Jamieson. Moses probably passed the early years of his life in Lower Egypt, where the princess resided. All the notices in this book indicate. thorough familiarity with that portion of the country, and scarcely refer to the Thebaid.-- Canon Cook. There can be no doubt that, as the adopted son of Pharaoh's daughter, Moses received. thoroughly Egyptian training, and was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, as Stephen states in Acts 7:22, in accordance with Jewish tradition. Through such an education as this he received just the training required for the performance of the work to which God had called him. Thus the wisdom of Egypt was employed by the wisdom of God for the establishment of the kingdom of God.

She called his name Moses.

The name of the great lawgiver was not given by his parents but by the princess. It is not Hebrew but Egyptian. Josephus says, "The Egyptians call water Mo and those who are rescued from water uses. " This is all Moses tells us of the first forty years of his life.

PRACTICAL AND SUGGESTIVE.

What the world calls chance is the overruling providence of God, shaping circumstances to accomplish its purposes.

The divine providence takes into the sweep of its plan all events and all characters, and makes even human wills its unconscious instruments.

Great results often come from little causes. But cause and effect sustain direct relation one unto the other. Whatever comes out in effect must go in as cause, whether it be obvious or concealed. Secondary causes which man may discover may be few and insufficient, but the first cause, God himself, suffices every time. Hence this feeble babe, drawn from the waters, became the Law-giver of the world, and his song is joined with that of the Lamb in the chorus of Revelation.-- Vincent.

The King's Daughter when she went to the river meant only to wash herself; God fetches her thither to deliver the deliverer of his people. His designs go beyond ours. We know not, when we set our foot over our threshold, what he hath to do with us.-- Bishop Hall.

This is all that Moses tells us of his own youth. How easily could we have written lines which would have satisfied the curiosity of age! but he hastens over years to touch the next link in the providential chain. The sacred writers ever show this baffling, unworldly reticence. Thus the youth of Moses' great antitype, Jesus, is almost,. blank in history.-- F. H. Newhall.

PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER.--The traditions which give. name to this princess are probably of later origin and merely conjectual. Josephus call her Thermuthis, which means "the great mother,". designation of Neith, the special deity of Lower Egypt; but it does not occur as the name of. princess. The names Pharia, Merris, and Bithia are also found in Syncellus, Eusebius, and the rabbins. It is of more importance to observe that the Egyptian princesses held. very high and almost independent position under the ancient and middle empire, with. separate household and numerous officials.-- Canon Cook.

WOMAN IN EGYPT.--The intellectual and moral condition of woman in Egypt was far higher than in Asia or in Greece. Polygamy was rare, and the harem seclusion unknown. Women were respected and honored in society, much as in modern Europe and America, and the wives and daughters of kings succeeded to the throne of the Pharaohs. Wilkinson says that the Egyptians recognized the fact that the morals and manners of society depended on the respect shown to women.-- F. H. Newhall.

POINTS FOR TEACHERS.

1. Outline the state of Israel in Egypt. 2. Picture the appalling force of the cruel edict. 3. Point out the reasons why Moses was preserved by his parents. The babe hidden through faith. 4. Show who was the protector of the child,. child called of God to. mighty work. 5. Bring out the facts of the exposure of the child, and his rescue. 6. Show how the providence of God was manifest. 7. Point out the facts to the credit of Pharaoh's Daughter. 8. Give reasons why God permitted Moses to be rescued in the royal court. 9. Bring out all the facts of the first forty years of the life of Moses. 10. Point out some of the men named in both sacred and secular history that God has reared for an appointed work.