Text: 1 Chronicles 4:17
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 2:7
Subject: Daughter of the pharaoh marries into Judah (D)
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler's genealogy of Judah mentions Bithiah "daughter of Pharaoh" (bat-Par'oh) whom Mered married (1 Chr 4:17), while Exodus 2:7 introduces Moses' sister offering to find a Hebrew nurse for Pharaoh's daughter who drew Moses from the Nile. The connection is the figure of Pharaoh's daughter, who in each text bridges Egyptian royalty and Israelite identity. The Chronicler's notice that an Egyptian princess married into the tribe of Judah suggests the incorporation of gentile nobility into God's covenant people, a pattern that parallels Rahab and Ruth in the Davidic genealogy.