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Birth and Youth of Moses

Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman.(A) The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months.(B) When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.(C)

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Moses is Born

A man of the family of Levi married the daughter of a descendant of Levi. Later, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a beautiful[a] child, and hid him for three months. But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. Then his sister positioned herself some distance away in order to find out what would happen to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:2 Or good