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Pharaoh פַּרְעֹה
A Pharaoh. Pharaoh, the Egyptian ruler who oppressed the Israelites and decreed the killing of Hebrew male infants during the time of Moses' birth.
Family
| Children | daughter of Pharaoh |
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Where Pharaoh appears
Exodus (9), Acts (1), Hebrews (1)
Key verses
- Exodus 1:11 first mention — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Exodus 1:19 — And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
- Exodus 1:22 — And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
- Exodus 2:5 — And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
- Exodus 2:7 — Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
- Exodus 2:8 — And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
- Exodus 2:9 — And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
- Exodus 2:10 — And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
- Exodus 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
- Acts 7:21 — And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
- Hebrews 11:24 — By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.