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Ramban on Exodus 2:11/רמב"ן על שמות ב׳:י״א
אוַיִּגְדַּל מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל אֶחָיו שֶׁגָּדַל וְהָיָה לְאִישׁ, כִּי מִתְּחִלָּה אָמַר "וַיִּגְדַּל הַיֶּלֶד" (שמות ב':י'), שֶׁגָּדַל עַד שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה צָרִיךְ לְגָמְלָה אוֹתוֹ, וְאָז הֱבִיאַתְהוּ לְבַת פַּרְעֹה וַיְהִי לָהּ לְבֵן כִּי לִפְנֵי מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב, וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן גָּדַל וַיְהִי לְאִישׁ דַּעַת:
1AND WHEN MOSES WAS GROWN UP HE WENT OUT UNTO HIS BRETHREN. This is to be understood that he grew to manhood. It has already been said, And the child grew,80 which means that it was no longer necessary to wean him, and then the mother81, etc. brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son,80 for he was to stand in the presence of kings.82 After that, he grew to manhood in maturity of mind.
בוְטַעַם וַיֵּצֵא אֶל אֶחָיו כִּי הִגִּידוּ לוֹ אֲשֶׁר הוּא יְהוּדִי, וְהָיָה חָפֵץ לִרְאוֹתָם בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁהֵם אֶחָיו. וְהִנֵּה נִסְתַּכֵּל בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַעֲמָלָם וְלֹא יָכוֹל לִסְבֹּל, וְלָכֵן הָרַג הַמִּצְרִי הַמַּכֶּה הַנִּלְחָץ:
2AND HE WENT OUT UNTO HIS BRETHREN. This indicates that they told him he was a Jew,83 and he desired to see them because they were his brethren. Now he looked on their burdens and toils and could not bear [the sight of his people enslaved]. This was why he killed the Egyptian who was smiting the oppressed Hebrew.