And the king was not hasty to slay him, God himself, whose providence protected Moses, inclining the king to spare him.

He was, therefore, educated with great care.

So the Hebrews depended on him, and were of good hopes great things would be done by him; but the Egyptians were suspicious of what would follow such his education.

Yet because, if Moses had been slain, there was no one, either akin or adopted, that had any oracle on his side for pretending to the crown of Egypt, and likely to be of greater advantage to them, they abstained from killing him..