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Bithiah, in Hebrew '''Batya''' (בִּתְיָה, literally ''daughter of God''), is the name given to a character in the account of the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt in Rabbinic Midrash , as she is not named in the text. She was the foster mother of Moses , having drawn him from the Nile. IN THE BIBLE AND MIDRASH In the Biblical account, she is described as the daughter of Pharaoh, and is not named. The , and was the only female firstborn of Egypt to survive. IN ISLAMIC TRADITION In the Hadith, Bithiah is known as Asiyah , one of four of "the best of women". IN MOVIES She is often portrayed as being the sister or wife of Pharaoh in adaptations of the story, in order to have Moses appear as Pharaoh's son. In the film The Ten Commandments , she is portrayed as the daughter of Ramses I and sister of the Egyptian pharaoh, Seti I , who raised Moses as her own son as her husband had died before they could have children. When Moses leads the Hebrews out of Egypt, she joins the Exodus. In the film The Prince Of Egypt , she is shown as the wife of Seti I, and the birth mother of Raamses. In the 1956 film she is shown as a compassionate and heroic woman, who casts her lot with the people of , that the book of Exodus tells about). Mered comforts her in her sorrow. SOURCES
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