Exodus 2:3
When she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus reeds and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus reeds near the bank of the Nile River.
Isaiah 18:2
It sends messengers by sea in boats made of reeds that skim over the surface of the water. Go, swift messengers, to a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people who are feared far and near, a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers.
Genesis 6:14
BUILD AN ARK of cypress wood (a resinous tree). Make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Genesis 11:3
They said to each other: Let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
Genesis 14:10
The Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen (tar) pits. As the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them. The rest fled to the hill country.
Exodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: Every son who is born must be thrown into the Nile River. However, keep every daughter alive.
Isaiah 19:6
The canals will stink. The streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither.
Matthew 2:13
When they left, the angel of God appeared to Joseph in a dream and said: Herod is looking to kill the young child. Arise, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you to leave.
Matthew 2:16
Herod saw that the astrologers tricked him and he was furious. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys two years old and younger in or near Bethlehem. This matched the time he learned from the astrologers.
Acts 7:19
He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our fathers so that they cast out their young children and they did not survive.