Exodus 2:5

Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riverside; and she saw the basket among the river-plants, and sent her servant-girl to get it.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

In Context

4And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.

6And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:20And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh when he comes out to the water; and say to him, This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to give me worship.

Psalms 9:9\9:8\And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

Psalms 46:1To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.

Proverbs 21:1The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Jonah 2:10\2:9\But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:2-5

The Birth of Moses. ( b. c. 1571.) 1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. Moses was a… Read the whole commentary →

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