She kept the boy as long as she could, but was obliged to give him up when he was about twelve years old. From his humble cabin home he was taken to the royal palace, to the daughter of Pharaoh, "and he became her son." Yet even here he did not lose the impressions received in childhood. The lessons learned at his mother's side could not be forgotten. They were a shield from the pride, the infidelity, and the vice that flourished amid the splendor of the court.

Hun beholdt drengen så længe, hun kunne, men blev nødt til at give afkald på ham, da han var tolv år. Fra den simple hytte blev han nu ført til Faraos datter i det kongelige palads, og hun antog ham som sin søn. Men selv her udslettedes de indtryk ikke, han havde modtaget som barn. Det, han havde lært ved sin moders side, kunne ikke glemmes. Det var et værn imod den stolthed, vantro og de laster, der gik i svang midt i hoffets pragt.