And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw [a]that he was [b](A)beautiful, she hid him for three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a (B)papyrus [c]basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the (C)reeds by the bank of the Nile. (D)And his sister stood at a distance to [d]find out what would [e]happen to him.

Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down (E)to bathe at the Nile, with her female attendants walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the [f]basket among the reeds and sent her slave woman, and she brought it to her. When she opened it, she [g]saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

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  1. Exodus 2:2 Lit him that
  2. Exodus 2:2 Lit good
  3. Exodus 2:3 Or chest
  4. Exodus 2:4 Lit know
  5. Exodus 2:4 Lit be done
  6. Exodus 2:5 Or chest
  7. Exodus 2:6 Heb saw it, the child

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) 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. His sister(F) stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank.(G) She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

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  1. Exodus 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.

Then (A)the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of [a]a (B)bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed.

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  1. Exodus 3:2 Lit the

There the angel of the Lord(A) appeared to him in flames of fire(B) from within a bush.(C) Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.

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When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, (A)God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”

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When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called(A) to him from within the bush,(B) “Moses! Moses!”

And Moses said, “Here I am.”(C)

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