| She was highly praised by the Rabbis, and the A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation hermeneutical rules | This exegesis illuminates the spiritual qualities of the daughter of Pharaoh, by merit of which she was chosen to be the one to find and raise Moses |
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| By miraculously rescuing Moses, she was inadvertently responsible for the redemption of Israel, for which she was rewarded with a new name, Bithiah daughter of God , identifying her with the genealogy in Chronicles | The midrash adds that the astrologers were correct to a certain degree, since Moses would be punished by water when he sinned at the Waters of Meribah Num |
The angel Gabriel removes this obstacle and reinforces her resolve to draw Moses forth from the Nile.
8| The Rabbis observe that the daughter of Pharaoh raised in the palace the one who would eventually bring all manner of troubles upon her father as punishment for the subjugation of Israel, as is said in Ezek | She took pity on it |
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| " Designation of the five scrolls of the Bible Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther | Since it was not meet for the daughter of Pharaoh to trouble herself and go down into the river to try and catch the floating ark, a miracle was performed for her, and her arm stretched out until it could reach the ark Ex |
The midrash tells that the daughter of Pharaoh would kiss and hug Moses as if he were her own son, and she would not take him out of the royal palace.
| The angel Gabriel immediately came and hit Moses so that he would cry, thereby arousing the compassion of the daughter of Pharaoh Ex | |
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| She went around with him to all the Egyptian women, but Moses was not willing to nurse from any of them | An additional miracle was performed when the ark was drawn forth from the water |
In the midrashic account, when her handmaidens saw that she intended to rescue Moses, they attempted to dissuade her, and persuade her to heed her father.
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