"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 2:2

Exodus 2:2 · KJV

“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 2:2

Verse 1

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

Verse 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 — Context

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

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he {was a} goodly {child}, she hid him three months.

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.

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

Cross References

Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw {he was} a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

Acts 7:20

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: {exceeding fair: or, fair to God}

Psalms 112:5

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. {discretion: Heb. judgment}