But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of (A)bulrushes for him, daubed it with (B)asphalt and (C)pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds (D)by the river’s bank.

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But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(A) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(B) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(C) along the bank of the Nile.

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Footnotes

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

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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(A)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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

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And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

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