Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river’s side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.

6And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharaoh had compassion on it, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:20And the dog fly came in abundance into the houses of Pharaoh, and into the houses of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt; and the land was destroyed by the dog fly.

Psalms 9:9And he will judge the world in righteousness, 1 He will judge the nations in uprightness. 1

Psalms 46:1For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. 1

Proverbs 21:1As a rush of water, so is the king’s heart in God’s hand: 1 He turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out. 1

Jonah 2:10But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: 1 All that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of my salvation.

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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