| The reader gains the impression that Moses was not like all men, and that his qualities were already evident while still a child | Thus, when the daughter of Pharaoh opened the ark, Moses, unlike other babies, did not cry |
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| The midrash adds that the astrologers were correct to a certain degree, since Moses would be punished by water when he sinned at the Waters of Meribah Num | 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 |
| , rescued him and raised him Midrash Eshet Hayil 31:15 | Moses was raised in her home, by a woman who believed in God |
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| A fresco of the daughter of Pharaoh drawing Moses from the Nile, from the synagogue in Dura-Europos, Syria | The daughter of Pharaoh asked of Ex |
The midrash tells that the daughter of Pharaoh would kiss and hug Moses as if he were her own son, and she would not take him out of the royal palace.
17| The female firstborn also died in this plague, with the exception of the daughter of Pharaoh | She went around with him to all the Egyptian women, but Moses was not willing to nurse from any of them |
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| The Rabbis magnify the test to which the daughter of Pharaoh was put when she saw the ark | The Rabbis observe that the daughter of Pharaoh raised in the palace the one who would eventually bring all manner of troubles upon her father as punishment for the subjugation of Israel, as is said in Ezek |
In the midrashic account, when her handmaidens saw that she intended to rescue Moses, they attempted to dissuade her, and persuade her to heed her father.
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