1A man from the house of Levi went and took the daughter of Levi.2The woman conceived and bore a son. She saw that he was pleasant, and she hid him for three months.3When she could no longer hide him, she took for him a reed ark, daubed it with bitumen and pitch, placed the youth in it, and set it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.4His sister stood at a distance to learn what would be done to him.5Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the Nile, and her maidens walked along the bank of the Nile; she saw the ark among the reeds and sent her maidservant and took it.6She opened it and saw the youth, and behold, a youth was weeping, and she had compassion on him. She said, "This is one of the Hebrew youths."7His sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call for you a nursing woman from the Hebrews so that she may nurse the youth for you?"8Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the maiden went and called the mother of the youth.9Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this youth and nurse him for me, and I will give you wages." The woman took the youth and nursed him.10The youth grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became a son to her. She called his name Moses and said, "For I drew him out of the water."