If he stretches his hand to the coal, he is witless and does not deserve to die; but if he stretches his hand to the gold, he did this with intelligence, and he is to be put to death | These were the sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, who Mered married |
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The daughter of Pharaoh asked of Ex | By miraculously rescuing Moses, she was inadvertently responsible for the redemption of Israel, for which she was rewarded with a new name, Bithiah daughter of God , identifying her with the genealogy in Chronicles |
The angel Gabriel immediately came and hit Moses so that he would cry, thereby arousing the compassion of the daughter of Pharaoh Ex | The verse in Chronicles served as the basis for various expositions concerning the daughter of Pharaoh see also below |
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The daughter of Pharaoh acted in such a manner with Moses, and was rewarded by the Torah using the name that she gave Moses; nor did God call him by any other name Ex |
The reader gains the impression that Moses was not like all men, and that his qualities were already evident while still a child.
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