Verse 3
Exodus 2:3
Geneva Bible
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But when she could no longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke made of reede, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and laide the childe therein, and put it among the bulrushes by the riuers brinke.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹא יָכְלָ֣ה עוֹד֮ הַצְּפִינ/וֹ֒ וַ/תִּֽקַּֽח ל/וֹ֙ תֵּ֣בַת גֹּ֔מֶא וַ/תַּחְמְרָ֥/ה בַ/חֵמָ֖ר וּ/בַ/זָּ֑פֶת וַ/תָּ֤שֶׂם בָּ/הּ֙ אֶת הַ/יֶּ֔לֶד וַ/תָּ֥שֶׂם בַּ/סּ֖וּף עַל שְׂפַ֥ת הַ/יְאֹֽר
English Translation
And she could no longer hide him, so she took a basket made of bulrushes and coated it with asphalt and pitch, and she placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the river.
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Chapter 2 Context
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Then there went a man of the house of Leui, and tooke to wife a daughter of Leui,
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And the woman coceiued and bare a sonne: and when she saw that he was faire, she hid him three monet...
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But when she could no longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke made of reede, and daubed it with s...
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Now his sister stood a farre off, to wit what would come of him.
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Then ye daughter of Pharaoh came downe to wash her in the riuer, and her maidens walked by the riuer...
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Then she opened it, and sawe it was a childe: and beholde, the babe wept: so she had compassion on i...
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Then said his sister vnto Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and cal vnto thee a nurce of the Ebrew women...
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And Pharaohs daughter sayde to her, Goe. So the maide went and called the childes mother,
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To whome Pharaohs daughter sayde, Take this childe away, and nurce it for me, and I wil reward thee....
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Nowe the childe grewe, and she brought him vnto Pharaohs daughter, and he was as her sonne, and she...
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And in those dayes, when Moses was growen, he went forth vnto his brethren, and looked on their burd...
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And he looked rounde about, and when he sawe no man, hee slewe the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand...
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Againe he came forth the second day, and behold, two Ebrewes stroue: and he said vnto him that did t...
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And hee answered, Who made thee a man of authoritie, and a iudge ouer vs? Thinkest thou to kill mee,...
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Now Pharaoh heard this matter, and sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwel...
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And the Priest of Midian had seue daughters, which came and drewe water, and filled the troghes, for...
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Then the shepherds came and droue them away: but Moses rose vp and defended them, and watered their...
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And whe they came to Reuel their father, he said, Howe are ye come so soone to day?
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And they saide, A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the hand of the shepherdes, and also drew vs water...
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Then he saide vnto his daughters, And where is he? why haue ye so left the man? call him that he may...
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And Moses agreed to dwell with the man: who gaue vnto Moses Zipporah his daughter:
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And she bare a sonne, whose name he called Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange...
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Then in processe of time, the King of Egypt dyed, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage...
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Then God (Elohim) heard their mone, and God (Elohim) remembred his couenant with Abraham, Izhak, and...
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So God (Elohim) looked vpon the children of Israel, and God (Elohim) had respect vnto them.
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