The boy in the basket

In Egypt, Hebrew baby boys were in danger. Jochebed saw that her baby boy was precious, so she hid him for three months. When she could no longer hide him, she prepared a papyrus basket, placed the baby inside, and set it among the reeds by the Nile. His sister Miriam watched from a distance. Pharaoh’s daughter found the basket, saw the crying child, and had pity on him. Miriam offered to find a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby, and Jochebed was brought to care for her own son. When the boy grew older, he was brought to Pharaoh’s daughter; she took him as her son and named him Moses, because she had drawn him out of the water.