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New Century Version

Exodus 2:2

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw how wonderful the baby was, she hid him for three months.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beauty;   Faith;   Jochebed;   Moses;   Servant;   Scofield Reference Index - Christ Types of;   Moses;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Moses;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children;   Egypt;   Parents;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Miriam;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Stephen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Numbers;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Robbery,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Enslavement, the;   Encampment at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Egypt;   Exodus, the Book of;   Goodly;   Moses;   Number;   Woman;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adoption;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amram, Father of Moses;   Ark of Moses;   David;   Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr (Aben Ezra);   Moses;   Numbers and Numerals;   Small and Large Letters;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
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.
Lexham English Bible
And the woman conceived, and she gave birth to a son, and she saw him, that he was a fine baby, and she hid him three months.
New English Translation
The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months.
Amplified Bible
The woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw that he was [especially] beautiful and healthy, she hid him for three months [to protect him from the Egyptians].
New American Standard Bible
And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the woman coceiued and bare a sonne: and when she saw that he was faire, she hid him three moneths.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the woman conceived and bore a son; and she saw that he was beautiful, so she hid him for three months.
Contemporary English Version
and she later had a baby boy. He was a beautiful child, and she kept him inside for three months.
Complete Jewish Bible
When she conceived and had a son, upon seeing what a fine child he was, she hid him for three months.
Darby Translation
And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.
Easy-to-Read Version
She became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. The mother saw how beautiful the baby was and hid him for three months.
English Standard Version
The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
George Lamsa Translation
And the woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a handsome boy, she hid him for three months
Good News Translation
and she bore him a son. When she saw what a fine baby he was, she hid him for three months.
Christian Standard Bible®
The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.
Literal Translation
And the woman conceived and bore a son; and she saw him, that he was beautiful. And she concealed him three months.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the wife conceaued and bare a sonne. And whan she sawe yt it was a proper childe, she hyd him thre monethes.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the wyfe conceaued and bare a sonne: and when she sawe that it was a proper childe, she hyd him three monethes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
King James Version (1611)
And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne: and when shee saw him that hee was a goodly childe, shee hid him three moneths.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.
English Revised 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.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which conseyuede, and childide a sone. And sche seiy hym wel farynge, and hidde him bi thre monethis.
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,
Update Bible Version
And the woman became pregnant, and gave birth to a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three months.
World English Bible
The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
New King James Version
So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.
New Living Translation
The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months.
New Life Bible
She was going to have a baby, and she gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.
New Revised Standard
The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the woman conceived and bare a son, - and she saw him, that he was a goodly child, so she hid him three months.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she conceived, and bore a son: and seeing him a goodly child, hid him three months.
Revised Standard Version
The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

Contextual Overview

1 Now a man from the family of Levi married a woman who was also from the family of Levi. 2 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw how wonderful the baby was, she hid him for three months. 3 But after three months she was not able to hide the baby any longer, so she got a basket made of reeds and covered it with tar so that it would float. She put the baby in the basket. Then she put the basket among the tall stalks of grass at the edge of the Nile River. 4 The baby's sister stood a short distance away to see what would happen to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2433, bc 1571

she saw: Psalms 112:5, Acts 7:20, Hebrews 11:23

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:20 - Amram Numbers 26:59 - General Joshua 2:6 - hid them Matthew 2:13 - for Acts 7:21 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
Genesis 2:11
The first river, named Pishon, flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Exodus 23:12
"You should work six days a week, but on the seventh day you must rest. This lets your ox and your donkey rest, and it also lets the slave born in your house and the foreigner be refreshed.
Exodus 31:17
The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the Lord , made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.'"
Deuteronomy 5:14
but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, your male or female slaves, your ox, your donkey, or any of your animals, or the foreigners living in your cities. That way your servants may rest as you do.
Isaiah 58:13
"You must obey God's law about the Sabbath and not do what pleases yourselves on that holy day. You should call the Sabbath a joyful day and honor it as the Lord 's holy day. You should honor it by not doing whatever you please nor saying whatever you please on that day.
John 5:17
But Jesus said to them, "My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too."
Hebrews 4:4
In the Scriptures he talked about the seventh day of the week: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his works."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the woman conceived, and bare a son,.... Which was not her first child, nor indeed her first son, for she had both Aaron and Miriam before this: this son, which was Moses, was born, as the Jews say t, in the thirty seventh year after the death of Levi, A. M. 2365, (or, as others, 2368,) on a Wednesday, the seventh of the month Adar, in the third hour of the day: some say it was on the twenty fourth of Nisan; but, according to Bishop Usher u, he was born forty one years after the death of Levi, A. M. 2433, and in the year before Christ 1571,

and when she saw him that he was a goodly child; exceeding fair and beautiful, as Stephen expresses it, Acts 7:20, the Jews say w his form was like an angel of God, and Trogus x, an Heathen writer, says his beautiful form recommended him: this engaged the affections of his parents to him, and who, from hence, might promise themselves that he would be a very eminent and useful person, could his life be preserved:

she hid him three months; in her bedchamber, some Jewish writers say y; others z, in a house under ground, that is, in the cellar; however, it was in his father's house, Acts 7:20.

t Shatshalet Hakabala, fol. 5. 2. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 7. 1. u Annal. Vet. Test. p. 18. w Pirke Eliezer, c. 48. fol. 57. 2. x Justin e Trogo, l. 36. c. 2. y Chronicon Mosis, fol. 3. 2. z Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. (c.48. fol. 57.2)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bare a son - Not her firstborn; Aaron and Miriam were older than Moses. The object of the writer is simply to narrate the events which led to the Exodus, and he mentions nothing that had no direct bearing upon his purpose.

A goodly child - See the marginal references. Probably Jochebed did not call in a midwife Exodus 1:15, and she was of course cautious not to show herself to Egyptians. The hiding of the child is spoken of as an act of faith in Hebrews 11:23. It was done in the belief that God would watch over the child.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 2:2. Bare a son — This certainly was not her first child, for Aaron was fourscore and three years old when Moses was but fourscore, see Exodus 7:7: and there was a sister, probably Miriam, who was older than either; see below, Exodus 2:4, and see Numbers 26:59. Miriam and Aaron had no doubt been both born before the decree was passed for the destruction of the Hebrew male children, mentioned in the preceding chapter.

Goodly child — The text simply says כי טיב הוא ki tob hu, that he was good, which signifies that he was not only a perfect, well-formed child, but that he was very beautiful; hence the Septuagint translate the place, Ιδοντες δε αυτο αστειον, Seeing him to be beautiful, which St. Stephen interprets, Ην αστειος τῳ Θεῳ, He was comely to God, or divinely beautiful. This very circumstance was wisely ordained by the kind providence of God to be one means of his preservation. Scarcely any thing interests the heart more than the sight of a lovely babe in distress. His beauty would induce even his parents to double their exertions to save him, and was probably the sole motive which led the Egyptian princess to take such particular care of him, and to educate him as her own, which in all likelihood she would not have done had he been only an ordinary child.


 
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