 and went off at a distance in order to keep a discreet eye on her son. And it so happened that, now I'm going to read from the book of Exodus. Pharaoh's daughter came down to the river to bathe, while her maids walked along the riverbank. Noticing the basket among the reeds, she sent her handmaid to fetch it. On opening it, she looked, and lo, there was a baby boy, crying.