KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
WEB World English Bible
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 handmaid to get it.
ASV American Standard Version
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
6 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.
7 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?
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
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וַתֵּ֤רֶדH3381 · ya.radto go downבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterפַּרְעֹה֙H6547 · par.ohPharaohלִרְחֹ֣ץH7364 · ra.chatsto wash: washעַל־H5921 · aluponהַיְאֹ֔רH2975 · ye.orNileוְנַעֲרֹתֶ֥יהָH5291 · na.a.rahmaidenהֹלְכֹ֖תH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentעַל־H5921 · aluponיַ֣דH3027 · yadhandהַיְאֹ֑רH2975 · ye.orNileוַתֵּ֤רֶאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַתֵּבָה֙H8392 · te.vaharkבְּת֣וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstהַסּ֔וּףH5488 · suphRed (Sea)וַתִּשְׁלַ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲמָתָ֖הּH519 · a.mahmaidservantוַתִּקָּחֶֽהָH3947 · la.qachto take: take
Cross-references
Acts 7:21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.Psalm 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.Psalm 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.Psalm 46:1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Exodus 8:20And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.Exodus 7:15Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.Psalm 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.1 Kings 17:6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.Jonah 1:17Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.Jonah 2:10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
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