Exodus 2:5

So then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe by the river, and her, maidens, were walking by the side of the river,—when she saw the ark in the midst of the rushes, and sent her handmaid, and fetched it.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4Then did his sister station herself at a distance,—to see what would be done to him.

6And she opened and beheld it—even the child, and lo! a boy weeping,—so she took pity on him, and said, Of the children of the Hebrews, is this.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:20Then said Yahweh unto Moses—Rise thou early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, lo! he is coming forth to the waters,—then shalt thou say unto him—Thus, saith Yahweh: Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Psalms 9:9Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:

Psalms 46:1God—for us, is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found.

Proverbs 21:1[Like] channels of water, is the heart of a king, in the hand of Yahweh,—whithersoever he will, he turneth it.

Jonah 2:10So then Yahweh spake unto 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 →

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