The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
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Exodus 2:2 in context
Exodus 2:1–5
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A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
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The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
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When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
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His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
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Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.
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