KJV King James Version
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three months.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
WEB World English Bible
The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
ASV American Standard Version
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he is fair, and she hideth him three months,
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.
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.
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.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
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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וַתַּ֥הַרH2029 · ha.rahto conceiveהָאִשָּׁ֖הH802 · ish.shahwomanוַתֵּ֣לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetבֵּ֑ןH1121 · benson: childוַתֵּ֤רֶאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֹתוֹ֙H853 · et[Obj.]כִּי־H3588 · kiforט֣וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּH6845 · tsa.phanto treasureשְׁלֹשָׁ֥הH7969 · sha.loshthreeיְרָחִֽים׃H3391 · ye.rachmonth
Cross-references
Hebrews 11:23By 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 7:20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:Psalm 112:5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
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