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Exodus 2:5 KJV
Exodus · chapter 2 · verse 5
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.Exodus 2:5 · King James Version
Exodus 2:5 in context
3And 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.
4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5And 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.
6And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
7Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
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Key words (Strong's)
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- maidensnaʻărâha girlH5291 →
- walkedhâlakto walkH1980 →
- riveryᵉʼôra channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaftH2975 →
- amongtâveka bisectionH8432 →
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Here is, I. Moses saved from perishing. Come see the place where that great man lay when he was a little child; he lay in a bulrush-basket by the river's side. Had he been left to lie there, he must have perished in a little time with hunger, if he had not been sooner washed into the river or devoured by a crocodile.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-10