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The Birth of Moses

And a man from (A)the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as a wife. And the woman conceived and bore a son; and she saw [a]that he was [b](B)beautiful, so she hid him for three months. But she could not hide him any longer. So she took for him [c]an (C)ark of papyrus reeds and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and put it among the (D)reeds by the bank of the Nile. (E)And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:2 Lit him that
  2. Exodus 2:2 Lit good
  3. Exodus 2:3 Or a basket

Moses’ birth

Now a man from Levi’s household married a Levite woman. The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that the baby was healthy and beautiful, so she hid him for three months. When she couldn’t hide him any longer, she took a reed basket and sealed it up with black tar. She put the child in the basket and set the basket among the reeds at the riverbank. The baby’s older sister stood watch nearby to see what would happen to him.

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