Moses Is Born(A)

And (B)a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. So the woman conceived and bore a son. And (C)when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of (D)bulrushes for him, daubed it with (E)asphalt and (F)pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds (G)by the river’s bank. (H)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of [a]bulrushes, and daubed it with [b]slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 That is, papyrus.
  2. Exodus 2:3 That is, bitumen.

The Birth of Moses

Now a man of the tribe of Levi(A) married a Levite woman,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine(C) child, she hid him for three months.(D) But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(E) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(F) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(G) along the bank of the Nile. His sister(H) stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

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Footnotes

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