And the woman conceived and bare a son: and when she saw that he was fair, (A)she hid him three months.

But when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark made of reed, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and [a]laid the child therein, and put it among the bulrushes by the river’s brink.

Now his sister stood afar off, to wit what would come of him.

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  1. Exodus 2:3 Committing him to the providence of God, whom she could not keep from the rage of the tyrant.

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.

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