Exodus 2:6 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And 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.”

Exodus 2:6

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And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

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.

And 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.

Then 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?

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

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Exodus 2:1

"And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took {to wife} a daughter of Levi."

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."

Exodus 2:3

"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."

Exodus 2:4

"And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him."

Exodus 2:5

"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."

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