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Exodus 2:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” "
Exodus 2:6
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4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
5 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.
6 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
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Exodus 2:1
"A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife."
Exodus 2:2
"The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months."
Exodus 2:3
"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."
Exodus 2:4
"His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him."
Exodus 2:5
"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."
Exodus 2:7
"Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”"
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