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Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharao 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.

LXX2012 (US 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 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 Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This is one of the Hebrew's children.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:20And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharao: and behold, he will go forth to the water, and you shall say to him, These things says the Lord: Send away my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness.

Psalms 9:9The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction. 1

Psalms 46:1Clap your hands, all you⌃ nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation. 1

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

Jonah 2:10But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to you, + 2:10 Or, for a thank-offering to the Lord. 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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