Verse 4
Exodus 2:4
Bible in Basic English
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And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֵּתַצַּ֥ב אֲחֹת֖/וֹ מֵ/רָחֹ֑ק לְ/דֵעָ֕ה מַה יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Now a man of the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.
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And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, s...
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And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-...
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4
And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.
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Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riv...
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And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one...
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Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him...
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And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.
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And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you...
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10
And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave...
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11
Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was;...
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12
And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body wi...
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13
And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the...
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14
And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did t...
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15
Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from P...
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16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.
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And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their...
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And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly toda...
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And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and ga...
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And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give hi...
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And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
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And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a...
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23
Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in t...
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And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God (Elohim) had made with Abraham and Isaac a...
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And God (Elohim)'s eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of hims...
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