Exodus 2:2
“And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne: and when shee saw him that hee was a goodly childe, shee hid him three moneths.”
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Exodus 2:2 Context
1And there went a man of the house of Leui, & tooke to wife a daughter of Leui. 2And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne: and when shee saw him that hee was a goodly childe, shee hid him three moneths. 3And when shee could not longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke of bul-rushes, and daubed it with slime, and with pitch, and put the childe therein, and shee layd it in the flags by the riuers brinke. 4And his sister stood afarre off, to wit what would be done to him.
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Other Translations for Exodus 2:2
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three months.
- King James Version
The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.
- Basic English Bible
And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.
- Darby Bible
And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
- Webster's Bible
The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
- World English Bible
and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he [is] fair, and she hideth him three months,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Exodus 2:2
2:2 Bare a son - It seems just at the time of his birth that cruel law was made for the murder of all the male - children of the Hebrews, and many no doubt perished by the execution of it. Moses's parents had Miriam and Aaron, both elder than he, born to them before that edict came out. Probably his mother had little joy of her being with child of him, now this edict was in force. Yet this child proves the glory of his father's house. Observe the beauty of providence: just when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to this height, the deliverer was born. She hid him three months - In some private apartment of their own house, though probably with the hazard of their lives had he been discovered. It is said, #Heb 11:23|. That Moses's parents hid him by faith: some think they had a special revelation that the deliverer should spring from their loins; however, they believed the general promise of Israel's preservation, and in that faith hid their child.