Miriam, who had watched so faithfully beside the river, now came to the princess.
"Shall I go and find thee a woman who will take care of the child?" she said. And the princess said, "Go."
What did Miriam do, do you think? She ran as fast as she could and brought the baby's own mother.
When the princess saw the mother she did not know that it was the baby's own mother, and she said to her: "Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages."
Do you not think that mother's heart was glad as she took her own baby home? The baby could run and play now, and laugh and crow as much as it liked, for the great princess loved him, and no harm could come to him.
The mother called the baby's name "Moses," she said, "because I drew him out of the water," and in that far country that is what the name "Moses" means.
Bible {Adapted}