וַתֹּ֣אמֶר הָאִשָּׁה֩ אֲשֶׁר־בְּנָ֨הּ הַחַ֜י אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ כִּֽי־נִכְמְר֣וּ רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ עַל־בְּנָהּ֒ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֗י תְּנוּ־לָהּ֙ אֶת־הַיָּל֣וּד הַחַ֔י וְהָמֵ֖ת אַל־תְּמִיתֻ֑הוּ וְזֹ֣את אֹמֶ֗רֶת גַּם־לִ֥י גַם־לָ֛ךְ לֹ֥א יִהְיֶ֖ה גְּזֹֽרוּ׃
Lalu perempuan yang anaknya masih hidup itu berkata kepada raja, sebab hatinya sangat tergerak oleh belas kasihan terhadap anaknya. Katanya, “Mohon, tuanku, berikanlah kepadanya bayi yang hidup itu; jangan sekali-kali membunuhnya!” Tetapi perempuan yang lain berkata, “Biarlah anak itu tidak menjadi milikku dan tidak juga milikmu. Potonglah!”
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“The woman whose son was the live one said to the king, etc.” [3:26]. The woman whose son was the live one said: I ask you, my lord king, give her the live son and do not kill the child. She had compassion that her son should not be killed. The other woman said: let us not follow her, but cut the child apart. Here one asks a question. Why did the woman not take the live child when the other woman said, give her the live child? She had taken the child at night so that she should have a live child. The explanation is that she thought that the king would not give her the child. The other one said that the child should not be killed, out of compassion, and when it will grow up, it will return to its rightful mother.