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Exodus 2:2-3
Expanded Bible
Exodus 2:2-3
Expanded Bible
2 She ·became pregnant [conceived] and gave birth to a son. When she saw how ·wonderful the baby [good/handsome/healthy he] was, she hid him for three months. 3 But after three months she was not able to hide the baby any longer, so she got a ·basket [ark] made of ·reeds [papyrus] and covered it with ·tar so that it would float [bitumen and pitch]. She put the baby in the basket. Then she put the basket among the ·tall stalks of grass [L reeds] at the edge of the ·Nile River [L river].
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Exodus 2:2-3
New International Version
Exodus 2:2-3
New International Version
2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine(A) child, she hid him for three months.(B) 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(C) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(D) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(E) along the bank of the Nile.
Footnotes
- Exodus 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.
Exodus 2:2-3
King James Version
Exodus 2:2-3
King James Version
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
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