“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.”
The child grows, and when he is old enough, his mother brings him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopts him as her son and names him Moses — because, she says, I drew him out of the water. The Hebrew name Moshe is linked to the verb mashah, to draw out, and it carries a double meaning Moses will live into: he was drawn out of the water, and he will draw Israel out of Egypt. Names in Scripture are often prophetic, and this one names not just an individual but a vocation. Acts 7:22 adds that Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians — the preparation of the deliverer includes the best of the culture he will eventually confront. Hebrews 11:24 says Moses later refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, but first he had to be called that; the palace education was part of the plan, not a detour from it.
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