Exodus 2:3

וְלֹא ־ יָכְלָה עוֹד הַצְּפִינוֹ וַתִּֽקַּֽח ־ לוֹ תֵּבַת גֹּמֶא וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּפֶת וַתָּשֶׂם בָּהּ אֶת ־ הַיֶּלֶד וַתָּשֶׂם בַּסּוּף עַל ־ שְׂפַת הַיְאֹֽר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וַתַּהַר הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֵּרֶא אֹתוֹ כִּי ־ טוֹב הוּא וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵהוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה יְרָחִֽים ׃

4וַתֵּתַצַּב אֲחֹתוֹ מֵרָחֹק לְדֵעָה מַה ־ יֵּעָשֶׂה לֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 11:3וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל ־ רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְנִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה וַתְּהִי לָהֶם הַלְּבֵנָה לְאָבֶן וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹֽמֶר ׃

Exodus 1:22וַיְצַו פַּרְעֹה לְכָל ־ עַמּוֹ לֵאמֹר כָּל ־ הַבֵּן הַיִּלּוֹד הַיְאֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּ וְכָל ־ הַבַּת תְּחַיּֽוּן ׃ ס

Isaiah 19:6וְהֶאֶזְנִיחוּ נְהָרוֹת דָּלֲלוּ וְחָרְבוּ יְאֹרֵי מָצוֹר קָנֶה וָסוּף קָמֵֽלוּ ׃

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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