Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the sedge on the bank of the river.
New American Standard Bible
But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a
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.
Holman Bible
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
International Standard Version
But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
A Conservative Version
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.
American Standard 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 she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Amplified
When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
Bible in Basic English
And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will not be able any more to hide him, and she will take for him an ark of bulrush, and will pitch it with bitumen and with pitch, and she will put in it the child, and will put in the sedge by the lip of the river.
King James 2000
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the child in it; and she laid it among the reeds by the river's bank.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.
Modern King James verseion
But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of papyrus for him, and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch, and put the child in it. And she laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when she could no longer hide him, she took a basket of bulrushes and daubed it with slime and pitch, and laid the child therein, and put it in the flags by the river's brink.
NET Bible
But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of paper-reed, and covered it over with bitumen, and with pitch, - and put therein the child, and laid it among the rushes upon the bank of the river.
Webster
And when she could no 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.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;
Themes
Bible stories for children » The baby's cry that won his way to a palace
Bitumen » Margin rv, slime » An inflammable mineral
Bulrush » Papyrus, rv » Moses' ark (basket) of
Children » Fondness and care of mothers for
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses exposed on the nile
Family » Examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Bulrushes
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Flag
Home » Examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Jochebed » Nurses moses when he is adopted by pharaoh's daughter
Love » Examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Love » Maternal » The mother of moses
Maternal love » The mother of moses
moses » A levite and son of amram
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Both were preserved in childhood
moses » Hidden in a small basket
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of moses
River Nile » Remarkable events connected with » Moses exposed on its banks
Parents » Good--exemplified » Mother of moses
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Pitch » In making the basket in which moses was hidden
Rivers » Banks of » Covered with flags
Servant » Bond » Cruelty to » The israelites
Slime » Used in the ark (small basket) of moses when he was an infant
Women » Love of, for offspring examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
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Yakol
Tsaphan
Laqach
Suwm
References
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Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Birth And Early Life Of Moses
2 And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months. 3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the sedge on the bank of the river. 4 And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him.
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Cross References
Isaiah 18:2
that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged, to a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Genesis 6:14
Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: with cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.
Genesis 11:3
And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
Genesis 14:10
And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Exodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.
Isaiah 19:6
and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
Matthew 2:13
Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to thee the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.
Acts 7:19
He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.