Moshe's Birth and the Legend of Sargon
Legend of Sargon | Sefer Shemot | |
Parents | My mother was a priestess, my father I knew not. | וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֵוִי וַיִּקַּח אֶת בַּת לֵוִי |
Baby in Basket | She set me in a basket of rushes, with bitumen she sealed my lid. She cast me into the river, which rose not [over] me. | וַתִּקַּח לוֹ תֵּבַת גֹּמֶא וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּפֶת וַתָּשֶׂם בָּהּ אֶת הַיֶּלֶד וַתָּשֶׂם בַּסּוּף עַל שְׂפַת הַיְאֹר |
Salvation | The river bore me up and carried me to Akki the drawer of water. Akki the drawer of water lifted me out as he dipped his ewer. | וַתֵּרֶד בַּת פַּרְעֹה... וַתֵּרֶא אֶת הַתֵּבָה בְּתוֹךְ הַסּוּף וַתִּשְׁלַח אֶת אֲמָתָהּ וַתִּקָּחֶה.... וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ מֹשֶׁה וַתֹּאמֶר כִּי מִן הַמַּיִם מְשִׁיתִהוּ |
Adoption | Akki the drawer of water took me as his son and reared me. | וַיִּגְדַּל הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּבִאֵהוּ לְבַת פַּרְעֹה וַיְהִי לָהּ לְבֵן |
Divine Commission to Lead | Ishtar showed me love. And for four and […] years I exercised kingship. | וַיֹּאמֶר ה'... וְעַתָּה לְכָה וְאֶשְׁלָחֲךָ אֶל פַּרְעֹה וְהוֹצֵא אֶת עַמִּי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם |