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He was given the name of Moses by Pharaoh’s daughter because she “drew him out of the water.” It Hebrew his name means “one who draws out.” This would be a common theme in Moses life, as He would go on to deliver Israel from Pharaoh’s grip. The one who nearly drowned in the Nile would draw His people out of the Red Sea.
Hebrews tells us that Moses never forgot his roots. Even after he was born into nobility, he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.
Hebrews 11:24-26 NASB
Moses would eventually flee to Midian, where he would marry a woman by the name of Zipporah. This would begin a long series of events by which God would continue to shape and mold Moses to become the leader he needed to be. It would not be easy, as the journey never is, but the deliverance of God’s people was on the horizon.