The Baby in the Strange Cradle
Exodus
2:3-10
Down
to the river bank went a brave mother one day. In her arms she carried her
baby boy and a strange cradle, which she had made for him. A wicked king
had commanded the mothers of Israel to throw their boy babies into the
river. But
this mother believed that God would spare her darling's life; so she had
made this strange cradle in which to put him. It was a cradle that would
rock to and fro when the waves lapped against the river bank. The baby's
sister watched near the cradle to see what would happen. Presently
the wicked king's daughter and her maids came by. They spied the strange
cradle floating on the water. One of the maids brought it to shore. When
the king's daughter looked inside and saw the babe weeping, she felt sorry
for him. "This is one of the children my cruel father commanded to be
thrown into the river," she told her maids. "I will take him for
my son, and spare his life." Then she sent for a nurse. And the
baby's mother came back to care for him until he should be old enough to
go to live in the king's house.
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