Exodus 2:2-6

2The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw
Lit him that
that he was
Lit good
,
cbeautiful, she hid him for three months.
3But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a
I.e. papyrus reeds
,
ewicker
Or chest
basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the greeds by the bank of the Nile.
4 hHis sister stood at a distance to
Lit know
find out what would
Lit be done
happen to him.

5The daughter of Pharaoh came down kto bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the
Or chest
basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.
6When she opened it, she
Heb saw it, the child
saw the child, and behold, the
Or lad
boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
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