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Exodus 2:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 2:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 But, not being able to hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus, caulked it with bitumen and pitch, and placed the baby in it and lay it among the reeds growing on the riverbank of the Nile. 4 The baby’s sister[a] hid herself so that she could watch what would happen from a distance.
5 Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe while her attendants walked along the riverbank. They saw the basket among the reeds and sent a slave to fetch it.
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- Exodus 2:4 The baby’s sister: i.e., Miriam (see Ex 15:21).