Exodus 2:5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the side of the river; and when she saw the box among the flags, she sent her maid and fetched it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4And his sister placed herself afar off, to ascertain what would be done to him.
Cross References
Exodus 8:20(8:16) And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and place thyself before Pharaoh; lo, he goeth forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Psalms 9:9(9:10) The Lord also will be a strong-hold for the oppressed, a strong-hold in times of distress.
Psalms 46:1“To the chief musician: by the sons of Korach, upon 'Alamoth, a song.” (46:2) God is our protection and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
Proverbs 21:1Like brooks of water is a king's heart in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever it pleaseth him doth he turn it.
Jonah 2:10(2:11) And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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 →