ל ָ נ וְּו אֲ ב וֹ תֵַל הָד הְִו
Here ’ s how the scene unfolds : The daughter of Pharaoh sees a basket , sends her servant girl to fetch it , and opens it . When she sees a baby crying , she opens her heart . Despite her father ’ s terrible edict , she has compassion , she recognizes the humanity of the wailing Hebrew infant before her .
That is the moment Miriam has been waiting for . She steps in and dares to speak to the daughter of Pharaoh as a peer rather than a princess , as a human rather than a harsh oppressor . Miriam sees the signs of humanity in Bat Pharaoh - and asks for more .
She addresses her as a partner , as a coconspirator : “ Shall I go and call a nursing woman from the Hebrews for you , that she may nurse the child for you ?” 12 she asks .
And with that she reunites child and mother , allowing her mother a few precious years to hold her precious son close , deferring grief until he is old enough to be taken to the palace to his adoptive mother , the daughter of Pharaoh .
Miriam is the one who stands and watches , who waits in faith for that precise redemptive moment .
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Ex . 2:7
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